A reliable source in the school told newsmen in Awka on Tuesday that the girl died on Thursday last week after the incident.
The source explained that the girl fainted after being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where she died.
The source said that the Anambra Commissioner for Education, Mrs Uju Okeke, then ordered the closure of the school as a result of the incident.
On visit to the girl’s family home, soon after she was buried on Tuesday in Awka, reports say that the family was in grief following the death of their daughter.
The girl’s father, Mr Siemon Ukachukwu, confirmed the death of his daughter and said that it was a sad development, but was an act of God.
But when Okeke was contacted she denied ordering the closure of the school and said that the school was on midterm break.
Investigations however revealed that schools in Anambra were not on midterm break.
This fact was collaborated by an official of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Akwa South Local Government of Anambra.
The Chairperson of the union in the local government, Miss Buife Ndigwe, told reporters that primary and secondary schools in the state would go on midterm break next week.
Also contacted for comments, the Public Relations Officer of the state Police command, Mr Ralph Uzoigwe, said that the matter had not been reported to the police, but promised that it would be investigated
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