A student of Air Force Comprehensive School in Kaduna, Blaise Aliyu has died while being punished by senior colleagues.
It was gathered that Aliyu had died after two SS3 students reportedly summoned the 15-year-old to their room under the pretext of punishing him.
His body has been deposited in a mortuary.
The spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the student’s death, after which expressed the institution’s sorrow in a statement issued on Saturday.
Gabkwet said a thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of the victim is ongoing.
The statement read,
“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.”
Aliyu lost his parents in 2013. He is survived by his twin brother who is also a student at the military boarding school.
