Lagos govt shuts down schools over death of students in fatal accident

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'They even said they want to write exam, what exam? The school should be closed; they should at least honour the students that died, even if it is one of them.'

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"They even said they want to write exam, what exam? The school should be closed; they should at least honour the students that died, even if it is one of them."Government schools around the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos were shut down on Wednesday, following a fatal accident whichPart of the schools shut are Babs Fafunwa Millennium Junior Grammar School, Ojodu Junior Grammar School, and Ojodu High School, all within the same compound.

“We have already distributed writing materials to the students before they called us to stop and that the children should go to the assembly, where they were addressed. The school, which lost two students to the incident, with several others injured, opened on Wednesday and was prepared to continue examinations.

Police said two students died on the spot, while 12 others sustained different degrees of injuries. But witnesses put the casualty figure at a much higher number. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson, said the incident, which happened around 2:15 p.m., involved a DAF truck with Registration No. APP 438 YA driven by one Bolaji Kabiru.initially sped off but was chased and arrested at Ogba.

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