SUMMARY:
Aziwa was rushed to Arua Radiology Center by a group of students for treatment but succumbed to the injuries at around 9 pm in the night. Charles Odonga the head teacher of St. Joseph’s college Ombaci said the students started rioting on Saturday night during prep time.
St. Joseph’s College Ombaci in Arua city faces indefinite closure after its students went rioting on Saturday night over the death of their colleague.
Adnan Azizi, a senior 4 succumbed to injuries allegedly sustained in a brawl with unidentified persons during a friendly match with Francis Ayume Memorial secondary school in Koboko district on Friday.
According to earlier reports, the deceased was bruised at the metallic gate of the college as the bus returned with students from the friendly match. However, the school authorities have denied this.
Aziwa was rushed to Arua Radiology Center by a group of students for treatment but succumbed to the injuries at around 9 pm in the night. Charles Odonga the head teacher of St. Joseph’s college Ombaci said the students started rioting on Saturday night during prep time.
Odonga noted that the unruly students destroyed window panes of classrooms and staff room, school wall fence among others which would cost the school millions of shillings to replace.
According to the autopsy results, the deceased was hit and cut by a blunt object which destroyed his ribs, lungs and liver. The police has detained four students in connection with the matter as investigations are underway.
Arua city principal education officer, Raymond Ombere has described the incident as unfortunate, saying the strike transpired at a time when the college is recovering from a state of academic slumber, to reclaim its position as the academic giant in West Nile.
This strike came just a few days after the students of Kijomoro Secondary School in Maracha District went on strike after the school administration declined to let them dance after the inauguration function of new student leaders.
St. Joseph’s College Ombaci which was started in 1949 by the Comboni Missionaries as a technical school, for training war veterans of world war two has a total enrolment of 918 students.
The deceased has been laid to rest at his ancestral home in Yumbe district.
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