The Nigeria police Command in Edo State,
has declared that all students directly connected to Igbinedion Education Centre in Benin City viral bullying video have been apprehended and are being charged to the family court in accordance with extant laws guiding juvenile justice and child protection in the State.
The police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem confirmed this on Saturday in a statement,following a thorough and painstaking investigation by police,
which was however did not reveal identities of the affected students.
Ikoedem said, “preliminary investigations revealed that the incident originated on Thursday 5th March2026 when two female students, names withheld, both aged 14, had a disagreement with a fellow student”.
“During the altercation, the said student reportedly uttered offensive words directed at their late father, specifically saying, “Ogun kill your papa”, according to the police.
“Angered by the remark, the girls allegedly attacked the student after school hours. In the course of the assault, a parent, who had come to pick up her son, intervened but the two girls, still enraged, turned on the woman, physically confronting her and dragging her clothes”, Ikoedem said.
Consequently, the school management subsequently intervened and expelled the girls for engaging in violent conduct”, according to the statement, which explained that the following day being Friday 6th March 2026, a retaliatory incident occurred.
She revealed that the male student, whose mother was earlier assaulted, attacked the victim in the viral video in what has been identified as a revenge assault, which was recorded and posted by one of the students.
Police investigation further revealed that the victim being the brother of the girls that assaulted his mother.
In the meantime, the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Monday Agbonika has ordered the immediate deployment and intensification of the Operation Safe Schools Initiative across secondary schools in Edo State, with a mandate to identify the gap in supervision and leverage lessons learnt in this matter, to prevent a recurrence.
Additionally, the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) has been strategically mobilized to engage students and school administrators through advocacy, sensitization, and reorientation programme, according to the police statement.
The statement urged parents, guardians, and school authorities to take greater responsibility in the moral upbringing and supervision of their children and wards. Students are equally advised to shun violence and report grievances through appropriate channels.
The Command also appeal to members of the public to remain calm, while assuring that proactive steps are being taken to ensure that justice is not only served but that measures are also emplaced to prevent a reoccurrence, with a committed to maintaining law and order and safeguarding all residents, especially children in the State.
