Expatriate Teacher survives Attack.

Mr. Obeni of Nigeria smiles at the wharf in Honiara

An Expatriate teacher teaching in Su’u National Secondary School in Malaita West Kwaio was lucky to be alive when he was attacked by the angry supporters of unfortunate candidate on Saturday.

Speaking to National Express in an exclusive interview yesterday, Mr. Obeni from Nigeria said he was at the river to have his bath when the incident was happened.
On Saturday afternoon, he said, “After I finished with some house work, I thought I should go to the stream, I avoided the main road and decided to take a foot track down to the river.”

“I was at the bank of the river, hardly have I started washing my things then somebody came from the bush and started aiming a bow and arrow at me, so I quickly gathered my things and ran, as I was running he shot an arrow at me luckily it missed me.”

He further said some student helped him and took my things back to the school up the hill.

“And now I decide to come out because the school does not look safe at the moment,” Mr. Obeni said with a sigh of relief.

He told National Express during the interview that he will stay for awhile until the situation is resolved.

When asked if he return to Su’u, Mr. Obeni said “I think it’s a bit risky to go back to Su’u because yesterday’s (Saturday) incident was not isolated.”
Mr. Obeni said there were other times he got some threats from the people living around the school area which he considered these as risks to live in Su’u.

Mr. Obeni has been teaching in Su’u for almost five years and has become a very influential teacher to most of the students he taught.