Student Who Allegedly Stabbed School Prefect to Death Denies Stabbing Him

Saka Ahmed, an SS2 student at Gaskiya College in the Ijora area of Lagos state, who allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old SS3 student, Saheed Jimoh, to death in front of their school gate (read here) has recounted his side of the story.

Speaking to Punch, Ahmed, 19, said:

“Jimoh and I have been friends since JSS 1. We remained friends even after I repeated SS2 and he became my senior. On that fateful day, at about 8am I was with him and Ibrahim Mohammed, another friend. We got late to school and I told them to wait outside and allow me to go and check what was going on. I peeped through the gate and saw there was no teacher, except one prefect. But I deceived them into thinking that a teacher was coming and they started running. I then laughed and said it was a joke. Jimoh became angry and he started chasing after me.”

He said he waited for him and as the victim charged at him, he pushed him and he fell on his chest on the edge of a gutter and blood was gushing out of his body.

He added:

“I quickly flagged down a commercial motorcycle and he assisted me in taking him to a hospital. About five minutes later, the doctor came out and told me he was dead. I was afraid and ran away. When I got to my father’s shop, I was told the police had started looking for me and they had arrested Ibrahim (Mohammed).”

The management of the school was reportedly contacted after the victim died at the hospital and the school principal assisted in the arrest of Mohammed, who subsequently took the police to the home of the suspect. He was 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, “I am not aware they were friends. People in the community have also been asking us to let the matter be put to rest but we are still considering it. I cannot give a categorical answer on it.”

He added that they are yet to remove Jimoh’s corpse from the mortuary due to lack of funds.