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Oyo state was on Monday grounded as several thousands of secondary school students staged a massive protest against the state government's proposed plan to adopt a public-private participatory approach for the management of some their schools.
The pupils took over the streets as early as 9am, chanting anti-government songs and daring the policemen who were stationed at strategic places to maintain peace and order to attack them.
Schools that did not take part in the protest and destruction were invaded and their pupils were forced out of their classrooms to join the protest.
They attacked the state headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Oke Ado. They vandalised its properties and beat up the secretariat workers.
The students matched to the state secretariat in Agodi where they made several demands from Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
Their presence forced security operatives to close all gates leading to the governor’s office, with the state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, leading the police to prevent them from gaining entrance into the complex.
Apart from asking Ajimobi not to sell their schools, the pupils also demanded his immediate resignation.
They said the state’s education initiative was designed to add to the burden of their parents who were being owed several months of salaries by the government.
The protest escalated in some areas of the city as hoodlums hijacked it and unleashed terror on the public and incited the pupils to attack government’s vehicles and public buildings.
Some of the pupils brandished weapons such as double-edged axes, cutlasses and stones.
The state Commissioner of Police, Oyebade, advised the pupils to return home and allow government and relevant agencies to take a decision on the matter.
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The pupils took over the streets as early as 9am, chanting anti-government songs and daring the policemen who were stationed at strategic places to maintain peace and order to attack them.
Schools that did not take part in the protest and destruction were invaded and their pupils were forced out of their classrooms to join the protest.
They attacked the state headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Oke Ado. They vandalised its properties and beat up the secretariat workers.
The students matched to the state secretariat in Agodi where they made several demands from Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
Their presence forced security operatives to close all gates leading to the governor’s office, with the state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, leading the police to prevent them from gaining entrance into the complex.
Apart from asking Ajimobi not to sell their schools, the pupils also demanded his immediate resignation.
They said the state’s education initiative was designed to add to the burden of their parents who were being owed several months of salaries by the government.
The protest escalated in some areas of the city as hoodlums hijacked it and unleashed terror on the public and incited the pupils to attack government’s vehicles and public buildings.
Some of the pupils brandished weapons such as double-edged axes, cutlasses and stones.
The state Commissioner of Police, Oyebade, advised the pupils to return home and allow government and relevant agencies to take a decision on the matter.
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