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Oyo government shuts schools over violent clash

By Jide Jegede

April 14, 2011

Following Tuesday’s deadly clash between students of Ibadan City Academy and Community Grammar School, both in Ibadan, in which a life was lost and property worth millions of naira vandalised, the Oyo State government has ordered the closure of the two schools until normalcy returns to the area.

The state commissioner for education, Nureni Aderemi, made this known in Ibadan on Wednesday through a press release from his press officer, Babatunde Ajibike.

According to him, the government was saddened by the development and had to order the immediate closure of the schools “to safeguard the lives of students and teachers, to forestall further destruction of properties and with a view to ensure maintenance of peace in the state”.

Mr Adeniran also conveyed the sympathy of the state government to the family of the bereaved and wished the injured speedy recovery.

He said the security operatives in the state have already been put on red alert to take over the premises of the schools to allow peace reign in the vicinity. Read more …