Some teachers at Anglican High School
and Adenle Middle School in Osogbo
narrowly escaped being shot when some
cultists invaded the school compound
and chased out teachers.
The school which houses student
population of about 7,000 is made up of
Anglican High School 1-5 and some
students of Adenle Middle School.
Our correspondent gathered on
Thursday that the crisis was caused by
some students who knew they could
not pass the qualifying examination the
state wanted to conduct to select those
whose WAEC fee would be paid by the
state government.
But some said the crisis started last
Friday when a student identified as Toib
and his colleagues stormed the school
premises with dane guns to attack a
member of Osun Youth Empowerment
Scheme ( O’ YES cadet) who they had
issues with.
A teacher told our correspondent that
Toib and his gang chased a female Home
Economics teacher out of the class when
the trouble started.
The invasion of the school forced other
students and workers to flee.
The Friday invasion was said to have
forced the school authorities to invite
policemen but the cultists mobilised
more members and attacked the police
even on Monday.
The development, it was gathered led to
the instruction given to the teachers by
the Nigeria Union of Teachers that all
teachers should stay away from school
because of the threat to their lives.
It was further learnt that the Osun State
Ministry of Education had also closed
down the school to prevent any death.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry
of Education, Mr. Lawrence Oyeniran,
when contacted declined to make any
comment on the crisis.
He said, ” This is a subject I don’t want
to talk about. Maybe you can see the
deputy governor and ask her your
questions.”
However, the NUT chairman, Mr.
Amudah Wakeel, when contacted said
the crisis was so serious, adding that
some of the teachers were lucky to have
escaped being shot dead by the
rampaging cultists.
Wakeel said, ” Some cultists among the
students invaded the school. They
wanted to kill some of the teachers.
They took dane guns to the school but
our members were fortunate.
“A member of ‘OYES’ cadet was injured
with an axe by the students but he
survived. The police were deployed to
prevent the situation from leading to
loss of lives. We have instructed our
members to stay away from the school
because of the threat to their lives.
“The union has the power to instruct
members not to go to school if their
lives were threatened and this is exactly
what happened. The teachers stopped
going to school and the government has
closed down the school.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs.
Folasade Odoro, when contacted told
our corespondent that seven suspects
were arrested in connection with the
crisis.
It will be recalled that a teacher at the
Oosgbo High School was injured with an
axe following the bloody clash between
students of the school and students of
Government Technical College, Osogbo,
in 2014.
