The deceased pupil, Chimdalu Onyekwuluje
An 11-year-old boarding pupil of St Michael's Boys School, Ozubulu, Anambra State, Chimdalu Onyekwuluje is lifeless.
His demise comes over a month after the demise of Sylvester Oromoni, additionally a boarding pupil of Dowen School, Lagos.
Onyekwuluje, a JSS 2 pupil of the varsity, was stated to have died on account of negligence on the a part of the varsity administration, who refused to name his dad and mom to choose him after he fell in poor health.
He has since been buried at Uzoakwa, Ihiala, Anambra State, in his household compound.
Dad and mom of the deceased, Prince Cornelius and Ogochukwu Onyekwuluje, who spoke to journalists in the course of the burial of their son stated even when the coed's well being had completely deteriorated, the administration insisted he should keep behind to complete his exams earlier than he could be launched, saying the choice was the explanation for his demise.
He reportedly died on 17 December 2021, 9 days after he was picked up by the dad and mom after a cousin to the deceased borrowed a cellphone to alert them that the boy was in poor health.
Onyekwuluje stated: " My son, Bright Chidalu Onyekwuluje died out of negligence on the part of the school. He was sick, and they refused to tell us. It was my son's cousin that borrowed a phone to call his mother to tell us to come and pick Bright that he was dying.
"He told us he has been the one backing him from the school hostel to the classroom every day, to sit for exams.
"Even after the call, I reached the guardian of my son, but he lied to me that the boy was okay and that it was nothing serious. I insisted on coming from Port Harcourt, Rivers State where I live to pick him, and they insisted it was nothing serious.
"When I insisted I must see him, I was surprised the boy looked so bad that he was already dying. I asked the guardian if this was the boy he said was alright, but he did not answer. Now I have lost my only son," he cried.
In the meantime, the principal of the varsity, Rev Fr Romanus Ike Muoma has denied that the varsity administration delayed in releasing the coed to his dad and mom.
Fr Muoma, who spoke to DAILY POST in his workplace throughout a go to stated: " The boy was seen here in school moving about with other students, days before his father came. What we have here (college) is not an auxiliary nurse, but a qualified nurse from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, and we pay heavily for his services.
"The boy was diagnosed with malaria, and was immediately put on treatment, and afterwards, he was okay. When it was found that the boy was ill again, it was the guardian that called the parents to come and take him."
When advised that the deceased's cousin who had referred to as the dad or mum to alert them of the sickness was punished by the varsity for doing so, Father Muoma stated the boy was solely made to kneel down for some minutes, saying it was towards the rule for college students to name dad and mom, as calls are solely created from a central level by the administration.
The Onyekwuluje household has nevertheless indicated its curiosity to pursue justice for his or her son. Mr Ben Onyekwuluje, elder brother of the deceased's father stated a petition has been despatched to the Inspector Common of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and the household will cease at nothing till justice is served.