The police in Ogun State have arrested a man, Joseph Oyedele and his wife Elizabeth for allegedly invading Toyon High school, Ere Village in Ado-Odo Area of Ado Odo-Ota Local Government with thugs to beat a teacher, Abel Thomas for beating their son.
The suspects were arrested after the policemen attached to Ado-Odo Divisional Headquarters received a distress call from the school, that parent of one of their students had beaten and injured one of the teachers.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the couple in a statement in Abeokuta.
Mr Oyeyemi explained that the teacher, Abel Thomas was said to have moderately corrected an SS3 student of the school, Joshua Joseph who went home to inform his parent that he was beaten by the teacher.
He pointed out that the parent mobilized some thugs and descended heavily on the teacher, beating and injuring him.
Mr Oyeyemi said the suspects also damaged the back screen of a Toyota Corolla with registration number LSD 395 FV belonging to another teacher of the school, Jolayemi Sunday.
He noted that the injured teacher had been taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered that the escaped thugs who accompanied the couple to attack the school be hunted for and brought to justice.
Mr Bankole also directed that the arrested couple be charged to court without delay.
Olusegun Folarin
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