Lagos State Police Command says a gardner in a secondary school has been arrested over an alleged murder of a Senior Secondary school student.

Confirming the arrest, Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana said last thursday the Iponri Police Station received a complaint from Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School Iponri.

According to Elkana, Deputy Superintendent of Police, the complaint said a gardener with the said School engaged a sixteen-year-old SSS 3 student in a fight along Oke-Olu Road Iponri.

He said in the process, the student fell down and became unconscious and was rushed to Smith Medical Hospital where he later died.

“Eye witness accounts show that the deceased person was returning home with his friends after writing WAEC and the suspect blocked him on the way and pulled him down, on the accusation that the deceased student had insulted him before.

“Homicide detectives from State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba, have visited the crime scene, corpse of the deceased is deposited at the mortuary for autopsy,” he said.

The Spokesman, said the suspect had been arrested and would be charged to court for murder.