The Jenjo Community Development Association (JCDA) has called on the leadership of the Taraba State Police Command to immediately arrest, investigate and prosecute the killers of a secondary school teacher in the state.

Bassey Nkuphee, a teacher, working at Model Secondary School, in Jalingo, was last week stabbed to death in the school premises by some of his students.

The incident, which did not only herald palpable tension across the state, but also crippled academic activities as the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) ordered the immediate suspension of learning activities in secondary schools across the state.

Making their positions known, yesterday, at a media briefing in Jalingo, the JCDA leadership said: “We call on the commissioner of police to immediately arrest, investigate and prosecute all the culprits in this heinous act.”

Ezekiel Nemuel, who stood in for the association’s national president, also called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, take over the responsibility of the three children left behind by the deceased to the highest level of education.

Describing the gruesome murdered of the teacher as barbaric, he underscored the need for security agencies to be proactive in stemming acts like these.

He cited cases of sons and daughters of the community that in the past have been forcefully ushered to the graveyards by undesirable elements, asking that the government should strengthen security around schools and aggressively implement the Safe Schools Global Initiative.

He beckoned at the people of the community where the deceased teacher hailed from as well as friends and well wishers to refrain from any form of reprisals, stating that the JCDA will work assiduously with the law enforcement agencies in ensuring that justice is done.