A 16-year-old student of ASACS International Staff College in Bwari Area
Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Master Michael Paul Ogbe, has
died from serious head injuries he sustained after a high jump during the
school’s inter-house sports on March 1, 2017.
His shocked mother, Mrs. Marian Nnanna Ogbe, has called for a probe of the
incident and justice over the untimely death of her only son.
Michael died barely a week after he returned to the school, which runs a
boarding system.
The late Michael, The Authority learnt, was the best science SS3 student
of the school. He was the only son of the family, having lost his father some
years ago.
The authorities refused to speak on the incident when The AUTHORITY visited
the school. Several calls made to the mobile phone of the proprietor, Chief
A.B. Ekwere, were also ignored.
Sources however claimed that Michael would have survived if he was rushed
immediately to the hospital for treatment.
Findings also revealed that the school lacked high jump facilities as
Michael’s colleagues claimed that it was a small mattress that was placed on
the ground for the students to land on.
The school’s Principal, Mr. Odo Cosmas Uchenna, said that only the proprietor,
who also owns Dorben Polytechnic in Bwari, could speak on the matter because it
was a sensitive one.
When calls were put to Ekwere’s mobile phone, he declined to speak and dismissed
the first call, saying he was at a management meeting. All the subsequent
calls were not picked.
At the Emergency Ward of the Bwari General Hospital, one the medical personnel,
who attended to Michael, said that he was brought in at about 1pm that fateful
day unconscious with foam on his mouth.
He said that the medical team did everything to revive him until he gave
up the ghost. He described the case as unfortunate.
Mrs Ogbe, who said she singlehandedly brought up Michael as they lost the
father at his tender age, lamented that she was not immediately informed when
the incident occurred. She got to the hospital at about 2.30pm to meet her son
already packaged for the mortuary.
She lamented that if only she was called immediately, she would have taken
Michael to a private specialist hospital for adequate medical attention.
Mrs. Ogbe recalled that the deceased had a premonition of his death as he
was reluctant to return to school after the mid-term break.
“He was supposed to return to school at the weekend but he did not go, we
had to force him to go on Tuesday,” she said.
“Michael was a computer wizard. He did not have any training yet he was an
expert. He used Apple laptops because he said other brands were too simple.
Michael wanted to work as a computer security expert in government or a telecommunications
company,” Ogbe said, displaying a form she obtained from Kwantlem Polytechnic
University, Metro Vancouver, BC Canada where he was billed to resume in
September 2017 after his final examination at the college.
“Michael was born on July 21, 2000, he had other siblings and his father
died when he was four years old. He was respectful, intelligent and
God-fearing and paid his tithe from his pocket money and cared for his
sisters.
“I miss him so much, I can’t give birth again, I don’t even have a husband,
I don’t know where to start from. Life has no meaning anymore; I worked so
hard for Michael. His last trip to Germany was two years ago and he underwent
31 tests; he was fit; he has no negative medical history. The school is so
careless, they don’t take care of the students, I want justice done. I gave you
a live child and you are giving me back a dead one. They should explain what
happened to him. It wouldn’t have taken me 40 minutes to get to the school,”
she lamented.
Na wa oooo,,, like play,, like play
life is lost oooohhhh
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