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Following Tuesday’s
deadly clash between students of Ibadan City Academy and Community
Grammar School, both in Ibadan, in which a life was lost and property
worth millions of naira vandalised, the Oyo State government has
ordered the closure of the two schools until normalcy returns to the
area.

The state
commissioner for education, Nureni Aderemi, made this known in Ibadan
on Wednesday through a press release from his press officer, Babatunde
Ajibike.

According to him,
the government was saddened by the development and had to order the
immediate closure of the schools “to safeguard the lives of students
and teachers, to forestall further destruction of properties and with a
view to ensure maintenance of peace in the state”.

Mr Adeniran also
conveyed the sympathy of the state government to the family of the
bereaved and wished the injured speedy recovery.

He said the
security operatives in the state have already been put on red alert to
take over the premises of the schools to allow peace reign in the
vicinity.

The commissioner
said the government will take punitive actions against the culprits in
the incident, adding that it “frowns at attempt by anyone to ferment
trouble and disrupt academic activities in our schools”.

Clashes between students of the two schools turned bloody on Tuesday
when thugs were mobilised by one side to seek reprisal against the
other. One person was reportedly killed, one other put in a coma, and
many others injured in the fracas. Many cars and several properties
were also destroyed.