SEE the primary School in Ondo State where pupil’s blood are
drawn for rituals
Blessing Omowera, a private school teacher in Ondo State has
been arrested and jailed for drawing her pupil’s blood for ritual.
New Telegraph has it that the incident happened May 16 at the
God’s Heritage Model Nursery and Primary
School, Ondo town in Ondo West local government area. It was however reported
to the police the next day.
Blessing a National Certificate holder in Education (NCE),
was arrested with her accomplice Sola Kalejaiye, who is a teacher at Saint
Monica Girls Grammar School, and a traditionalist. They were arrested for
cutting both the finger nails of the students and extracting their blood from
them for ritual purposes, after which they kept it inside their bags.
One of the pupils was said to have complained of pains in
her hand to her father, which made him go with his daughter to her school the following day. The
pupils, whose names were given as Marvelous and Dominion were said to be pupils
of the school in primary three(3). One of them complained of the pains to her
father after the closing hours of the school, which made him go to the school
with her the next day.
He later reported
the incident at the Ondo State Area Command in Ondo town. Shortly after Omowera
was arrested, she confessed mentioning her sponsor, Kalejaiye. On hearing this
news, parents of the wards in the school rushed to withdraw their children from
the school and other private schools involved.
Kalejaiye while arrested by the police, was accompanied by
his lawyer to the station. Members of his family and friends also intervened,
after which he was granted bail on self- recognition. A police officer said the two teachers
initially confessed to the crime but kalejaiye later withdrew his confessional
statement. The PPRO said the culprits had been charged to court. He said
Omewera, who pleaded guilty, had been convicted and sentenced to prison while
Kalejaiye’s case was still pending in court.
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