School Principal Found Dead In A Gutter In Ibadan

The principal of Ijokodo Junior Secondary School
1, Ibadan, Oyo State Mr Segun Dare, was on
Wednesday, found dead along the street to his
home at Citaga area, Sango-Eleyele road, several
hours after he didn't turn up at home as
expected.
Accordng to reports, Mr Dare, who left home
the previous day, was discovered face down in a
gutter, with his mobile handset in his pocket and
a polythene bag containing soup ingredients like
fish and pepper beside him.
It was gathered that the deceased left his home
in the afternoon of Tuesday, September 3, to go
to a first generation bank along Sango-Eleyele
road but could not do what he intended doing
there as he got there late.
He was said to have attempted to use the
influence of one of his friends in the bank but
was unsuccessful as the friend told him he could
not help.
Mr Dare reportedly called his wife and told her
that he did not achieve his objective, informing
her that he was returning home immediately.
A reliable source who spoke under the condition
of anonymity said the man did not turn up at
home as he promised, and when it was about 40
minutes after, his wife called his number to know
his whereabouts.
To her surprise, a strange voice answered the
call, telling her to get off the line as her husband
was busy and would call her later.
Not too long after, the voice called to inform her
that she could call her husband if she wished but
her attempts at speaking with the deceased
failed as her calls went unanswered.
The wife was said to have raised a search party
which went round without locating the principal
until late into Tuesday night.
The search party continued the following
morning when his body was discovered.
Since the discovery of the principal's body, there
had been speculations that he was probably
killed by some hoodlums who had been going to
the school compound to smoke Indian hemp.
The source said that some of the hoodlums were
sighted in the school smoking Indian hemp about
nine weeks ago, when the Senior Secondary
School students were sitting for their qualifying
examination into SSS3 class.
They were reportedly chased away while they
mounted waiting motorcycles parked around
WAEC junction to escape.
Then, that some hoodlums came back to the
school a week after and disrupted the
examination on the final day.
The school was also said to have written a letter
to the Ministry of Education to intimate the
authorities of the disruption of the examination.
The late principal was supposed to retire from
service in February, 2014.