Kehinde Timilehin, a 17-year-old secondary pupil has killed a
schoolmate, Favour Matthew, 16, after engaging in a contest to test the
potency of their juju. The two students of Ado Grammar School,
Ado-Ekiti were said to have engaged each other in a juju contest after
which Matthew, a Senior Secondary School 2 pupil, reportedly went home
to bring an axe to attack Timilehin. According to reports, Timilehin,
who was in SSS 3, overpowered Matthew, collected the axe and struck him
in the chest, leaving him in a pool of blood. Matthew was rushed to the
Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, where he died. In
the wake of Mathew’s death, the Ebira community along Ado-Federal
Polytechnic Road reportedly threatened a reprisal against the Yoruba
community in the area. Policemen were deployed in the neighbourhood to
prevent a breakdown of law and order while a police van was stationed at
the school gate. The school principal, Ebenezer Falayi, and the vice
principal, Olurotimi Olaoluwa, explained that the incident occurred
around 2.15pm after closing hours. Falayi said, “this incident really
saddened us because it was avoidable. What I gathered from students who
were at the spot was that the two were arguing over who had superior
power and the deceased had earlier gone home to bring weapons, which did
not have any effect on the suspect when used on him. I was told that
the suspect later overpowered the victim and struck him in the chest
with the weapon. Our teachers, including me, the vice principal and
registrar who reside in the school rushed him to EKSUTH. We even took
the suspect along.The victim was put on life support, but that could not
help the situation. He died in the hospital. I had to quickly call the
Divisional Police Officer of the Odo-Ado Police Station who deployed his
men in the area. We also contacted the police station at Oke Ila,
Ado-Ekiti, to prevent the suspect from being killed by highly enraged
family members of the deceased.The hospital insisted on conducting an
autopsy before releasing the corpse, but the family resisted it. The
corpse was later released to the family when it nearly led a crisis in
the hospital. The suspect is in police custody. I begged for more
security operatives to be deployed in the school area when we heard that
30 students would be killed in a reprisal attacks.”The suspect had been
taken to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the
state police command. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State
Police Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the incident, adding that
the suspect was in custody while investigation had begun.17-year-old secondary pupil hacks schoolmate to death during 'juju' contest in Ekiti State
Kehinde Timilehin, a 17-year-old secondary pupil has killed a
schoolmate, Favour Matthew, 16, after engaging in a contest to test the
potency of their juju. The two students of Ado Grammar School,
Ado-Ekiti were said to have engaged each other in a juju contest after
which Matthew, a Senior Secondary School 2 pupil, reportedly went home
to bring an axe to attack Timilehin. According to reports, Timilehin,
who was in SSS 3, overpowered Matthew, collected the axe and struck him
in the chest, leaving him in a pool of blood. Matthew was rushed to the
Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, where he died. In
the wake of Mathew’s death, the Ebira community along Ado-Federal
Polytechnic Road reportedly threatened a reprisal against the Yoruba
community in the area. Policemen were deployed in the neighbourhood to
prevent a breakdown of law and order while a police van was stationed at
the school gate. The school principal, Ebenezer Falayi, and the vice
principal, Olurotimi Olaoluwa, explained that the incident occurred
around 2.15pm after closing hours. Falayi said, “this incident really
saddened us because it was avoidable. What I gathered from students who
were at the spot was that the two were arguing over who had superior
power and the deceased had earlier gone home to bring weapons, which did
not have any effect on the suspect when used on him. I was told that
the suspect later overpowered the victim and struck him in the chest
with the weapon. Our teachers, including me, the vice principal and
registrar who reside in the school rushed him to EKSUTH. We even took
the suspect along.The victim was put on life support, but that could not
help the situation. He died in the hospital. I had to quickly call the
Divisional Police Officer of the Odo-Ado Police Station who deployed his
men in the area. We also contacted the police station at Oke Ila,
Ado-Ekiti, to prevent the suspect from being killed by highly enraged
family members of the deceased.The hospital insisted on conducting an
autopsy before releasing the corpse, but the family resisted it. The
corpse was later released to the family when it nearly led a crisis in
the hospital. The suspect is in police custody. I begged for more
security operatives to be deployed in the school area when we heard that
30 students would be killed in a reprisal attacks.”The suspect had been
taken to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the
state police command. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State
Police Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the incident, adding that
the suspect was in custody while investigation had begun.
