Oyo govt shuts Community Grammar School, Olodo over mayhem

Oyo State Government on Monday shut Community Grammar School, Olodo with immediate effect.

The state government, in a statement by the acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Ibironke Fatoki, said the school was shut over the incident of arson that occurred in the premises on Friday during a mob action by some hoodlums and miscreants after a violent protest by junior secondary school students a day before.

Mrs. Fatoki stated that the government has set up a six-man administrative investigative panel to examine the immediate and remote causes of the incident, adding that the panel is expected to submit its report in seven working days.

The acting PS disclosed that a block of 3 classrooms and four cars were burnt during the protest, adding that one life was also lost during the two days of mayhem.