A 19-month old baby has died in Delta State after being given 31strokes of the cane in school.
The proprietress of the school and the teacher are said to have been arrested by the state command of the police.
Identified as Obinna was said to have died apparently from the pains of the alleged 31 strokes of the cane.
The deceased was said to have been punished for playing with water and getting wet in the process.
The pupil was said to have fallen into a coma after receiving 31 strokes of the cane from the teacher.
DSP Bright Edafe, who is the spokesman of the state command, said only the teacher was arrested.
He that the victim died on Saturday.
Edafe said the culprit teacher is the son of the school proprietor.
He said: “We have the suspect who is the son of the owner of the school in our custody. He is a teacher in the school.
“But I wonder how a teacher would flog a pupil 31 strokes of the cane. I am only hearing it from the media that it was 31 strokes of the cane.
“The question is was anybody there to count the strokes while the flogging was on?”
The Delta State Government has also accused the school of operating illegally.
The State Commissioner for Primary Education, Mr. Chika Ossai, who spoke while sealing up the school, said the state government would not relent in its efforts in ensuring that all illegal schools across the state are closed down.
The commissioner who spoke through the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Austin Oghoro, said the school was not registered and not recognised by the Delta state government.