NAF to investigate murder of Kaduna Air Force School student

• The incident occurred when two SS3 students reportedly summoned the 15-year-old to their room under the guise of punishing him but ended up killing him
  

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Blaise Felix Aliyu, a student at the Air Force Comprehensive School in Kaduna, has tragically died after being punished by two senior colleagues.

Aliyu, an orphan who lost his parents in 2013, is survived by his twin brother, who also attends the military boarding school in Mando, Kaduna.

The incident occurred when two SS3 students reportedly summoned the 15-year-old to their room under the guise of punishing him but ended up killing him.

The body of the deceased has been deposited in the mortuary.

Reacting to the incident, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), expressed the institution’s sorrow. In a statement issued on Saturday, Gabkwet said an investigation is ongoing to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident.

“The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, and indeed the entire NAF family are saddened by the painful and unfortunate incident of the untimely death of one of our students at Air Force Secondary School, Kaduna, on June 19, 2024.”

“To avoid all sorts of speculations, a thorough investigation is currently ongoing to unravel how, why, and what actually led to the death of the victim. Rest assured that this matter is receiving the utmost urgency it deserves, and we won’t rest until it is unravelled,”the statement said.

Also, Amnesty International Nigeria has strongly condemned the recent killing. The organization expressed deep concern over the rising cases of student fatalities in Nigerian schools.

Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, stated, “Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the increase in such awful cases of students losing their lives in school. For our children, education should not be a matter of life and death.”

Sanusi stressed the need for a thorough investigation into Felix’s death, declaring, “This incident must not be swept under the carpet and justice must be served.”