There was anxiety over the state of health of a teacher at the Osogbo
Grammar School, Osun State, identified simply as Mr. Olamoyegun, on
Thursday as a pupil of the Government Technical College
in the town
attacked him with a machete Although what led to the attack on the
teacher was still sketchy, our correspondent, however, gathered that the
pupil pulled a surprise attack on the teacher, making it impossible for
him to defend himself. Some pupils of the OGS told our correspondent
that the attacker, whose name had yet to be identified, attacked the
teacher from the back and inflicted a deep cut on his head with the
cutlass. One of the OGS pupils, whose name is withheld for security
purpose, said, “I think the person that attacked Mr. Olamoyegun is a
cultist. That is what everybody is saying here because he just sneaked
behind our teacher and attacked him with the cutlass in his hand. He did
not give Mr. Olamoyegun the chance to defend himself. “Now, everybody
is worried because nobody knows whether our teacher survived the
attack.”
PUNCH Metro,however, learnt that Olamoyegun was rushed
to the Government House Clinic from where he was referred to the Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo. Some of his
colleagues in the school said he had been responding to treatment. But
when the Principal of Osogbo Grammar School, Mr. A. O. Akinlusi, was
contacted on the telephone, he declined comment. He said, “Go to Dada
Estate Police Station. Members of the group involved are in police
custody.” The Police Public Relations Officer for the state command,
Mrs. Folasade Odoro, promised to find out what actually happened and
call our correspondent back. She, however, had not done this as of the
time of going to the press.
But the Public Relations Officer of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, Mr. Ayo
Olowe, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone.
Olowe said, “The teacher has been treated and he is now okay. The
situation is calm now.” A similar incident happened at St. Mark Grammar
School, Osogbo on Wednesday where a pupil was reportedly stabbed by one
of his mates. Although there was apprehension in the school over the
condition of the pupil, he was said to have survived the attack.
There
has been growing incidences of violent attack in secondary schools in
the state following the merger of schools in the new education policy of
Governor Rauf Aregbesola. There was a violent clash at Baptist Girls
High School, Osogbo about three weeks ago as some suspected cult members
in the school engaged in a bloody clash with a rival cult group from
another secondary school. The Principal of Baptist High School, Ejigbo,
Mr. Layi Oguntola, was also attacked last week by some Muslim youths,
who invaded the school over the allegation that he sent a pupil wearing
Hijab, a scarf for Muslim women, away from the school. Oguntola has
debunked the claim, saying he merely caned the female pupil because she
was unruly.
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