Lecturer Destroys Ghanaian Student's iPhone for Flouting School Rules

• A video of a lecturer destroying a student's mobile phone has sparked mixed reactions on social media
• In the trending video, the lecturer used a hammer to hit the phone's screen several times to render it useless
• Many Ghanaians who came across the student's video thronged the comments section to give their views
• Speaking to YEN.com.gh, Rashidatu Zawa Uthman, an educationist, shared her views on the the lecturer's behaviour

A Ghanaian student incurred the wrath of his lecturer when he decided to take his mobile phone to class.

The use of mobile phones is prohibited in most Ghanaian schools but the unidentified young man flouted these rules.

According to narrations in the trending video, the young man took his mobile phone to class and brazenly flaunted it while lectures were ongoing.

The student's reported behaviour with his iPhone angered the lecturer, who decided to punish him severely.

In a video circulating on social media, the lecturer was seen angrily destroying the mobile device, which is reportedly an iPhone XR.

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From the footage sighted by YEN.com.gh, the lecturer used a hammer to hit the mobile several times, rendering it completely useless.

The lecturer was said to have destroyed the iPhone XR in front of the whole class to serve as a deterrent to other students.

Below is the video of the lecturer angrily destroying the student's mobile phone with a huge hammer.

Speaking to YEN.com.gh, Rashidatu Zawa Uthman, an educationist, said the ought to punished for flouting school rules.

She however said that the lecturer went overboard by destroying the mobile phone.

"The student disobeyed school rules. He knowingly brought phone to school despite the school rule against it and he disrupted lectures and distract his colleagues. But the lecturer also overeacted and also made a damage to personal property which is an act of vandalism. They are both wrong but I personally think the lecturer should be made to buy a new phone for the student," she said.

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Reaction to lecturer destroying student's iPhone

The incident between the lecturer and the student sparked mixed reactions on social media.

While many criticised the lecturer for going to extremes, others believed he did the right thing.

Below are some of the comments in reaction to the trending video:

@NBA TRAVIS also said:

"Maybe the phone be toy one,secof if na iPhone 16 ankasa bi dat wey u go gree say make he do am dats.hw3 by now Nanka he Dey mortuary Aswear herrr hmmmm."

@Eddy Kay_60 also said:

"Unless that lecturer no get car.., aswerigad like every single car he brings to school no go go back home."

@davidbeckham3750 commented:

"According to the law of Ghana, any teacher is not supposed to seize a student's phone and destroy or damage it this way ok you can seize but you can’t destroy it so he/she should report it to the police."

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@Mhr Phirmer Crown also commented:

"Anka he dey play papa, wabodam not me koraa... then i plete for school sake of my actions towards u abowa."

SHS student forced to destroy their phones

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that students at Pope John Senior High School were forced to destroy mobile phones at assembly before their classmates and teachers.

This came after students reportedly flouted their school's regulations against the use of mobile phones on campus, prompting the school to take a more direct approach.

Social media users who came across the video on TikTok expressed varied views on the actions of the school and wondered if the students had any reason to comply.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh