Ogun suspends two principals over ‘student’s’ death

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

Ogun State Government has suspended indefinitely the principals of Ilugun High School, Elega, Mrs. Olukoga Adeyemi Alaba (Junior Secondary School), and Mrs. Ladipo Olabisi Temitope (Senior Secondary School) implicit the decease of a suspected student.

Reacting to a viral video wherever students were seen vandalising schoolhouse properties, connected Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, stated that the suspension became indispensable owing to the roles played by the principals successful the scenario.

Arigbabu added that it was discovered that the main of the Junior schoolhouse had been progressive successful the postulation of amerciable fees, an enactment that led to a protestation by the students.

In the eschewing protest, information agents were invited to calm nerves, which subsequently led to a melee.

It was gathered that absorption of some Junior and Senior arms of Ilugun High School had demanded the sum of N7, 500 from the students earlier they could beryllium allowed to cheque their results for the JSS and SSS examinations.

The affected students were said to person protested the amerciable charges, pursuing which the schoolhouse allegedly invited the “Amotekun” Corps to quell the rampage.

But successful the people of enforcing the school’s order, operatives of the Amotekun Corps allegedly pursued immoderate of the students up to a stream wherever 3 of them scaled the school’s perimeter obstruction and landed successful the canal, wherever 1 of them drowned.

“We person each go alert of the unfortunate incidental that took spot astatine Ilugun High School (Junior), Elega. I basal earlier you this day to corroborate that, sadly, the incidental did hap successful the school.

“First, fto maine connected behalf of the authorities government, explicit our deepest condolences to the parents and household of the deceased. We consciousness their symptom and our prayers are with them astatine this hard time.

“However, our preliminary investigations revealed a precise disturbing twist. The young antheral who mislaid his beingness could not beryllium confirmed arsenic a bona fide pupil of the school.

“He was identified by 3 antithetic names – Babalola Ayornide, Salako Jimoh, and Afolabi Babalola. Yet, nary of these names look successful our authoritative authorities acquisition database, the OGSERA platform, which authenticates each schoolhouse enrolments. This points to the likelihood of an amerciable enrolment.

“In addition, we besides discovered that the Principal of Ilugun High School (Junior) had been progressive successful the postulation of amerciable fees. In airy of these findings, authorities has decided to spot some the Junior and Senior Principals of Ilugun High School connected suspension portion we behaviour a thorough probe into the contiguous and distant causes of this unfortunate incident.

“Also successful bid to support abreast of happenings successful schools, a strategy called ‘Whistle Blowers’ has been established by the authorities done the Teaching Service Commission to power illegalities, wrongdoings and others.

“Let maine guarantee the bully radical of Ogun State that the medication of His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, CON remains unshaken successful its committedness to supply escaped acquisition for each school-age kid successful this State, irrespective of wherever they live, their gender, economical status, spiritual belief, oregon governmental affiliation,” helium said.

“I indispensable besides entreaty to the students: portion we stock successful your grief, delight bash not vent your choler by destroying schoolhouse property. We each cognize that we are inactive battling with inadequate infrastructure successful our schools. Destroying the small we person volition lone marque the concern worse, not better.”

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