PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER KILLS PROPIETOR'S GRANDAUGHTER

A private school teacher in Ogun State, has allegedly
killed a 10-year-old granddaughter of the proprietor
of the school where he teaches in Esugbon
community, Itamerin, Ijebu-Ife area of Ogun State.
The motive behind the killing of the innocent child,
was said to be due to the inability of his employer to
pay his salaries for the month of January and
February.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the suspect who was
a class teacher at Favour Nursery and Primary
School, Itamerin, attacked his victim outside the
school premises, where she had gone to buy
biscuits.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer,
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident. He said
the matter was reported by the proprietor of the
school at about 2.00pm on the fateful day.
He said," On Thursday, at about 2.00pm, one Pastor
Joseph Olutoye of Ijebu-Imushin, owner of Favour
Nursery and Primary School, Esugbon, reported one
Edet Umoren, a teacher in the school for killing
Precious Adedeji,aged 10 years with knife in a
nearby bush around 11.00a.m. "The suspect left a written note at the scene of the
crime that the proprietor who happens to be the
grandfather of the victim is owing him three months
salaries and that was why he killed the girl.
"He fled the area,but around 5.00am on Friday, a
team of Police and Vigilance men arrested the
suspect at Ijebu-Imushin."

 Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said that
the State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali,
had ordered that the case be transfered to the
Criminal Investigation Department of the Command.
He further said that the corpse of the deceased had
been deposited at the morgue for autopsy and
investigation.
The victim, according to information, was
accompanied by her grandmother and a friend
Patricia, at the time of the incident.
The incident happened last Thursday, a day after the
victim clocked 10 years.
Both the grandmother of the victim and friend were
reported to have escaped through the bush path and
informed the school authority about the ugly
incident.
The suspect was said to have dragged the girl into
the bush and committed the heinous act.
In_FUNAAB learnt that the victim, Miss
Precious Adedeji, just turned 10 years last
Wednesday.
Speaking with our source, the proprietor of the
school, Pastor Joseph Olutoye, said he had
promised to pay the alleged killer teacher as soon as
he received his own monthly salary from his place of
work before the unfortunate incident.
The cleric, said the suspect left two notes at the
scene of the crime, informing them that the
gruesome murder of the young girl was as a result
of the inability of the school management to pay his
outstanding salaries.
He equally told our source that he had planned to
terminate Umoren's appointment following his
alleged unruly behaviour in recent past.
Pastor Olutoye said the suspect who was also the
Treasurer of his church allegedlly stole a sum of
N250,000 and that the matter was reported to the
Police.
He said, "Edet resumed school this morning
(Thursday) like every of our staff and we discovered
that he left around 10:00am not knowing he went to
plan this evil."