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Pupil dies after falling off mango tree in Akure
THE Senior Prefect of Ijo Mimo High School in Akure, Ondo State capital, died at the weekend after falling from a mango tree within the school premises.
Sources said the incident was the fourth time a pupil would be falling from the mango tree whenever they are sent by their teachers to pluck mango for them.
The deceased, identified as Temitayo Oluwole, was said to have been sent by one of his teachers to pluck a mango after a weekend tutorial class for Senior Secondary 3 students.
One of his classmates said: “We all came for tutorial on Saturday. After the tutorial, one of our teachers asked him to pluck mango. It was while he was on the tree trying to pluck the mango that he fell and died immediately.
The Nation, Monday, April 1, 2019
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