Kwara appoints Committee to investigate Arabic students flogging

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has nominated 10 prominent Muslim scholars, community leaders and government officials to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent excessive flogging of some Arabic students in Ganmo area of the state.

This was made public through a statement by the Chief press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, in Ilorin, the state capital, Tuesday.

Ajakaye stated that the Committee which has one week to submit its report, beginning from the date of its first sitting, would be chaired by retired Justice Idris Haroon.

The statement listed other members to include the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu; Special Assistant to the Governor on Religion (Islam), Alhaji Ibrahim Dan Maigoro; Prof. Hamzat Abdulraheem and Prof Badmus Yusuf;

The rest are Prof. Abubakar Imam-Aliagan; Dr. Mohammed Ghali Alaya; Dr. Saudat AbdulBaqi; Hajia Balikis Oladimeji of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN); Mallam Lawal Olohungbebe; and Dr AbdulHameed Sanni who will serve as Secretary.

The Committee’s terms of reference include meeting with the affected students, their parents, and the school authorities on the circumstances around the corporal punishments meted to them following the students’ organisation and participation in a birthday party; alleged consumption of liquor and publication of the video footage of same on the social media; review the reward and disciplinary methods in such schools; and make recommendations to the government on how to prevent a recurrence of such in the state.