Excel College responds to viral video of students drinking, smoking

Excel College, Ejigbo, has issued a effect to a viral video showing erstwhile students drinking vino and smoking wrong its hostel.

Following the video’s circulation successful September, the Lagos State Government, done the Ministries of Education and Youth & Social Development, on with the Lagos State Police Command, launched an probe into the matter.

In a connection signed by the director, Dr. Dele Oke, and released connected Saturday, the schoolhouse noted, “While we corroborate that these incidents happened successful the schoolhouse hostel, the facts are stated below.”

The instauration explained that the archetypal video was recorded connected May 11, erstwhile a genitor visited with non-alcoholic vino and snacks to observe her son’s last day successful secondary school.

“A parent, who arrived astir 7pm, pleaded to beryllium granted entree to her lad arsenic it was his past day to beryllium celebrated successful Secondary School. The genitor brought non-alcoholic vino and snacks, and her telephone was utilized to marque a signaling of her lad and his friends popping and drinking the wine,” the connection read.

That video was aboriginal circulated successful a people WhatsApp group.

The 2nd clip, the schoolhouse said, took spot successful April 2025 during Holiday Extension Classes for graduating SS3 students, erstwhile immoderate were caught experimenting with smoking successful a crippled called “pass and puff.”

The assemblage added, “While phones are banned successful the school, SS3 students successful the hostel were permitted to intermittently person entree to their phones to cheque updates astir their UTME centres.”

A acrophobic genitor who came crossed the video reported it successful June, prompting the schoolhouse to act. Both students and Housemasters were questioned, starring to disciplinary action.

“Upon decision of this interior investigation, which ascertained that so the incidental occurred successful the hostel premises, the Housemasters were issued stringent informing letters for dereliction of work and forfeiture of their termly allowance,” the connection said.

The students progressive were expelled from the hostel and excluded from the 2025 graduation ceremony. However, they were aboriginal allowed to beryllium for the NECO exams aft expressing remorse and with parental undertakings.

The schoolhouse stressed that preventive measures person since been enactment successful place, including relocating the SS3 speechmaking country and expanding unit oversight.

“Ahead of resumption for the 2025/2026 session, the Management of Excel College made immoderate structural changes wrong the hostels, specified arsenic relocating the SS3 speechmaking country to a much accessible and unfastened country wrong the hostel.

“Management besides held respective meetings with teachers, counsellors, and peculiarly the Housemasters and mistresses to summation the frequence of locomotion rounds, summation surveillance against bullying and adjacent pressure, guarantee strict adherence to visiting hours, and amended entree to counselling sessions,” the connection said.

On the ongoing investigation, the schoolhouse assured that it is cooperating with the authorities.

“All documentary evidence, including the expulsion and informing letters issued to the students, has been submitted to the authorities. The parents of the implicated ex-students, immoderate of the ex-students themselves, and representatives of the PTA Executives of Excel College person besides been disposable to supply clarity and further accusation arsenic required to guarantee afloat transparency,” it added.

Dr. Oke concluded, “We admit the concerns of Nigerians successful this substance and stay resolute successful our committedness to support excellence with integrity, some successful words and actions.”

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