Raliya Suleiman, a Junior Secondary School student (JSS) of Government Secondary School in Kachai, Kaduna State has lost her right eye after a teacher hit the eye with his cane.
The teenage girl, Raliya was allegedly flogged by the teacher, one Moses Aura, because she came to school late on 23th February, 2017.
The cane then hit her right eye and has resulted to permanent eye damage.
The Tafidan Kachai who is Raliya’s uncle, Sani Abubakar, confirming the incident, said, “Raliya was late for school that faithful day, 23rd February, 2017 and the teacher, Moses Aura asked her and many others to kneel down and wait for him.
When he came back, he started beating her and the cane hit her right eye. She was rushed to the National Eye Center, Kaduna, unfortunately, they said the water in the eye had drained out and there was nothing they could do to salvage the eye.”