Protesting
students of Idogbo Secondary School, in Ikpoba Okha Local Government
Area of Edo state, who destroyed the school’s property while protesting
the death in an accident, of one their colleagues, have been directed by
the state Governor Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, to pay for the vandalised
property.
Oshiomhole
noted during a visit to the school to assess the level of damage to the
facilities, that the students had no reason to resort to the
destruction of the school’s facilities, no matter the level of
provocation, adding that if teachers could be sanctioned for flouting
directives, students were not an exeption.
“Let
me advise you strongly that on no account should you vandalise
government property and in particular, on no account should you
vandalise your school. If you are annoyed over something and you tear
your shirt, will that make sense?
“Unfortunately,
someone was knocked down by a car and he died. We are still trying to
find out the role of the teacher who was responsible, to determine
whether the death was preventable. I assure you that once the facts are
clear, government will take the right decision because as a government,
the life of every person living in Edo State is important to us and it
is even more so when we are talking of children,” the governor said.
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