Students of Idogbo Secondary School, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, on Friday, December 3, set a portion of the school ablaze, vandalizing the school principal’s office.

According to report, one of the students had a misunderstanding with one of the  policemen stationed in the school premises for security as they were writing their examinations.

A source in the school, who spoke to VANGUARD on the condition of anonymity, said;

“Days before the exams started, we were battling with students throwing bangers and other explosives in the compound.

“So, when the exams started on December 3, 2021, we invited some policemen and vigilante members in case of any eventuality. So, because we anticipated that there could be a disturbance, the first set of policemen came while we waited for other police officers.

“One of the policemen on duty was moving around the school compound, what happened is what some of us don’t know. But we saw that the students were chasing the policeman, so some of his colleagues came to rescue him, that was when the students started throwing stones and other weapons.

“When it became uncontrollable, teachers started running for their lives, then the students went on a rampage,  destroying everything on sight. The police were called from the Police Command, but they could not control them.

“It was when they invited the DSS  operatives that they used gunshots to scare them away. Later the DSS personnel arrested about 45 of the students who were hiding in the bush. They are now at the police command.”

When contacted, the Edo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bello Kontongs, said: “49 students were in custody “for willful damage of government property. Non has been changed to court yet.”

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