School shut, principal hospitalised, property vandalised as Delta cultists kill student - Punch Newspapers

The Delta State Government has announced the immediate closure of Ogume Grammar School, Ogume, in the Ndokwa West Local Government Area following an attack by hoodlums suspected to be cultists.gathered that a group of hoodlums invaded the school on Wednesday with different objects with which they killed a female student.

Our correspondent learnt that the attackers also assaulted the school principal and destroyed property estimated at millions of naira. Witnesses said the school’s ICT centre, the principal’s office, her car and the administrative office, among others, were razed by the cult members. The principal was reportedly rushed to the General Hospital, Kwale, for treatment after the incident.

The state Commissioner for Secondary Education, Mrs Rose Ezewu, on Thursday, announced the closure of the school.She stated that the development was in the best interest of the community and the state in general, adding that the closure would guarantee the safety of teachers and students.She urged the community to fish out the perpetrators for punishment in order to serve as a deterrent to othersAll rights reserved.

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