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Following an attack
by suspected armed robbers on the Ondo State School of Midwifery,
Akure, students of the institution have boycotted their classrooms in
protest against insecurity on their campus.

Some armed robbers
had invaded the school last week and injured three female students. The
about five robbers inflicted machete wounds on the students’ heads
while trying to rob them of their possessions.

The robbers were
said to have gained entry into the school premises through a collapsed
fence around 2.15am last Tuesday, making away with items such mobile
phones, cash and jewellery.

Some of the
students who spoke with NEXT said that no student will enter the
classroom until something was done to enhance the security of their
lives, and the issue of social amenities that are lacking in the
institution is addressed.

Repeat offenders

They complained
about constant total blackouts as a result of the irregular power
supply from the Power Holdings Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

“We are tired of
the management of this school. We don’t know what they are using our
money for and we pay heavily,” one of the students said. “Yet, see what
we are passing through. This is not the first time robbers will be
invading us. Last time they came, after robbing us of our money, they
also raped some of the students. This is unfair.”

Spokesman of the
State Police Command, Adeniran Aremu, said the police received the
distress call from the students rather too late. “As part of the
complementary efforts to civilian security guards manning the school,
police patrol will be extended into their campus to ensure their safety
at night,” he said.

Mr Aremu said, as
part of the measures to ensure that the lives of the students of the
school are protected, the command has advised the management of the
school to re-build the collapsed fence through which the hoodlums
gained entry into the hostel.

“We gave the distress calls numbers of the command, control room and
my number to the students, so that we can respond to them whenever the
men of the underworld came calling,” he said.