Academic activities in Gaskiya College in the Ijora area of Lagos State were paralysed last Wednesday after a student Saka Ahmed who was in SS 2, allegedly killed his schoolmate, 19-year-old Saheed Jimoh, who was in SS 3, in front of their school gate.

The murder suspect Saka reportedly fled the scene, leaving Jimoh for dead in a pool of blood.

In a new report by Punch, Saka Ahmed, who was later arrested by the police, has told his own side of the story and says he committed the act after a prank went awry.

Ahmed, 19, claimed he had joked that a teacher was coming after them, after they both arrived late to
school. He said the prank angered the victim, adding that he (Jimoh) attacked him and it was during a brawl he pushed him. The 19-year-old reportedly hit his chest against a concrete slab and died moments after he was rushed to a private hospital.

Ahmed said he had been friends with the victim since they were in their first year in secondary school. He said:

He said he waited for him and as the victim charged at him, he pushed him.

The Kwara State indigene explained that his friend fell on his chest on the edge of a gutter and blood was gushing out of his body.


PUNCH Metro learnt that after the victim died at the hospital, the management of the school was contacted. The school principal was said to have assisted in the arrest of Mohammed, who then led the police to the home of the suspect.

He was subsequently arrested and the matter was transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

A police source said there was no stab wound on the corpse of the victim, adding that at the end of investigation the matter would be charged to court.

The deceased’s uncle, Mr. Shakiru Oluayo, denied that Ahmed and Jimoh were friends, adding that the victim’s family was under pressure to drop the case.

He said they had yet to remove Jimoh’s corpse from the mortuary due to lack of funds.

He said:
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