Blaise Aliyu, a student at the Air Force Comprehensive School in Kaduna, was allegedly punished to death by two senior students.
Aliyu is survived by his twin brother, who also attends the military boarding school in Mando, Kaduna. The brothers are orphans, having lost their parents in 2013.
Reports indicate that two SS3 students called the 15-year-old to their room under the guise of punishment but ended up killing him.
Aliyu’s body has been placed in the mortuary.
Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, spokesperson for the Nigerian Airforce, expressed the institution’s sorrow in a statement on Saturday, noting that “an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident is ongoing.”
The statement emphasized that the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, and the entire NAF family were deeply 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.”
It further assured the public that a thorough investigation was underway to determine how, why, and what led to the death of the victim, stressing that the matter was being treated with the utmost urgency and that they would not rest until it was resolved.
