The family of Bright Chidalu Onyekwuluje, a boarding student at St. Michael’s Boys College, Ekwusigo Local Council, Anambra State are demanding justice after the student reportedly died nine days after he got home from school.
In a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, the parents of the deceased student accused the school authorities of negligence that caused the untimely death of their son.
They claimed that while Bright's health deteriorated, the school’s management, rather than releasing him for medical attention, insisted on keeping him behind to finish his terminal examinations.
The family claimed they were eventually alerted of Brights failing health after a concerned cousin who had borrowed a mobile phone from someone called to inform them of how the school had refused to let him exit.
The parents of the deceased, Prince Cornelius and Ogochukwu Onyekwuluje, during the burial of their son, revealed that he gave up the ghost nine days after he was taken away from the school.
The principal of the school, Rev. Fr. Romanus Ike Muoma, however, debunked the claim that the management delayed in releasing the student to his parents, explaining that he was promptly treated for malaria before he suffered a relapse.
