The Principal of a private school in Edo State is in deep trouble over N2million meant for enrollment of students for the West African Examination Senior Secondary School Examinations (WASSCE) in his school that has developed wings.
It was gathered that the incident allegedly occurred at Gilgal Private School, Iguobazuwa, Ovia South-west local government area of the state where one of his teachers allegedly disappeared with the money.
We learnt that due to the lack of presence of commercial bank in the local government area, the money was handed over to the teacher for safe keeping but the teacher decided to make away with the money.
The teacher’s disappearance led to one of the parents raising the alarm, which led to the arrest of the Proprietor of the school by police operatives of Iguobazuwa division.
A resident of Iguobazuwa who identified himself as Imona, described the incident as “embarrassing.”