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Authorities of the Lagos State College of Primary Education, Naforija, Epe, have ordered the immediate closure of the institution as a result of a clash, which allegedly broke out among some of the lecturers in the school.
Authorities of the Lagos State College of Primary Education, Naforija, Epe, have ordered the immediate closure of the institution as a result of a clash, which allegedly broke out among some of the lecturers in the school.
In what the police described as 'a yet-to-be-determined circumstance," a group of five lecturers, including a female, were said to have attacked another group of three lecturers in one of the lecture halls within the campus.
Although the bone of contention was not clear, our correspondent gathered that the scuffle, which started on Thursday, was initially between two of the teachers before it became escalated and other teachers joined in the fracas.
At the peak of the crisis, the police were invited to quell the uproar that had already shattered the peace on the campus just as students reportedly went into frenzied excitement and support of their favorite teachers.
It took the policemen, who were deployed in the scene of the crisis from Epe Police Station, some time to bring the situation under control and eventually arrested those allegedly involved in the disturbance.
Consequently, the school authorities, considering the situation in the institution as not conducive to learning, ordered an immediate closure of the school and asked all teachers and students to vacate the campus.
After the disturbances, policemen were said to have remained at the entrance of the school to forestall further incidence of violence and ensure that neither the students nor their teachers had access to the campus.
Three teachers were allegedly attacked by their colleagues, while five teachers were also arrested by the police.
Spokesman for the state police command, Mr. Olubode Ojajuni, a deputy superintendent of police, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, observed that the case was being investigated.
The Punch, Monday June 13, 2005