Lagos School Boy May Go Blind After Teacher’s Beating

Daniel Agboola, a Senior Secondary School (SS) Two pupil of Camp David Group of Schools in Ogba, Lagos State, who claimed his teacher Mr. Oludare Olaleye damaged his right eye while flogging him on March 29, may lose his sight.

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After the flogging he developed cataract and glaucoma. He had a cataract operation on May 28 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), paid for by the school, but he is now battling with glaucoma and still going for check-ups. His family says they have no more money for further treatment.

The incident happened during an exam period in the school. Olaleye was dragged to an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on July 22, for inflicting an injury on his pupil.

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The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat granted the teacher N50,000 bail and adjourned the case till October 21, 2019. But the court did not sit and therefore, the case was further adjourned to December 2.

A physician that attended to Agboola at LASUTH explained that he had both cataracts and glaucoma.

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He said it was possible that the cataract and glaucoma might have resulted from the cane which went into his eyes. He said the cataract surgery was successful.

The doctor explained that Agboola had to strictly adhere to taking the new eyedrops to avoid total blindness.

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“His eye pressure used to be 45, it reduced to 40 and now his right eye pressure is 35 while the left is 20. He cannot be operated on for glaucoma now because he has high eye pressure; all he can do is to continue using the new eye drops that have been prescribed for him to lower the eye pressure.

“The state of the eyes by his next appointment will determine if he will undergo surgery or not.”  The doctor told him to go for a fraction and eyeglasses.

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Agboola said the eyes got a little clearer after the operation, though he cannot read.

He said he has not been to school since March 29, lamenting that it was painful to miss an academic session.

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“I want my eyes intact; the doctor said my left eye is getting affected too. I am supposed to be in SS3 but now I have to remain in SS2,” he said.