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There was anxiety over the state of health of a teacher at the Osogbo Grammar School, Osun State, identified simply as Mr. Olamoyegun, on Thursday as a pupil of the Government Technical College in the town attacked him with a machete Although what led to the attack on the teacher was still sketchy, our correspondent, however, gathered that the pupil pulled a surprise attack on the teacher, making it impossible for him to defend himself. Some pupils of the OGS told our correspondent that the attacker, whose name had yet to be identified, attacked the teacher from the back and inflicted a deep cut on his head with the cutlass. One of the OGS pupils, whose name is withheld for security purpose, said, “I think the person that attacked Mr. Olamoyegun is a cultist. That is what everybody is saying here because he just sneaked behind our teacher and attacked him with the cutlass in his hand. He did not give Mr. Olamoyegun the chance to defend himself. “Now, everybody is worried because nobody knows whether our teacher survived the attack.”

PUNCH Metro,however, learnt that Olamoyegun was rushed to the Government House Clinic from where he was referred to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo. Some of his colleagues in the school said he had been responding to treatment. But when the Principal of Osogbo Grammar School, Mr. A. O. Akinlusi, was contacted on the telephone, he declined comment. He said, “Go to Dada Estate Police Station. Members of the group involved are in police custody.” The Police Public Relations Officer for the state command, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, promised to find out what actually happened and call our correspondent back. She, however, had not done this as of the time of going to the press.
But the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, Mr. Ayo Olowe, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone. Olowe said, “The teacher has been treated and he is now okay. The situation is calm now.” A similar incident happened at St. Mark Grammar School, Osogbo on Wednesday where a pupil was reportedly stabbed by one of his mates. Although there was apprehension in the school over the condition of the pupil, he was said to have survived the attack.

There has been growing incidences of violent attack in secondary schools in the state following the merger of schools in the new education policy of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. There was a violent clash at Baptist Girls High School, Osogbo about three weeks ago as some suspected cult members in the school engaged in a bloody clash with a rival cult group from another secondary school. The Principal of Baptist High School, Ejigbo, Mr. Layi Oguntola, was also attacked last week by some Muslim youths, who invaded the school over the allegation that he sent a pupil wearing Hijab, a scarf for Muslim women, away from the school. Oguntola has debunked the claim, saying he merely caned the female pupil because she was unruly.
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SMH. This is the sort of nonsense the 'leaders of tomorrow' engage in. Hardly surprising ! there will always be 'sinners of tomorrow'.

They are the 'lizards of 2moro', the future bokoharams, and the police is not doing anything.

Omg.

Nawa ooo,when other nations are breaking new ground in development,we still dey here they form bruce lee. Na our tomorrow leader be dis?

Wild Wild West.

At the end, enthrophy from the merger in some schools will settle, and the quality in osun schools will be better for it.

From what i can observe, the merger is bringing about a standardisation across the schools that is upsetting some former students of the really backward and comparatively low quality schools in osun ,where anything goes.

emiye: At the end, enthrophy from the merger in some schools will settle, and the quality in osun schools will be better for it.

From what i can observe, the merger is bringing about a standardisation across the schools that is upsetting some former students of the really backward and comparatively low quality schools in osun ,where anything goes.

If you believe that horse sh1t from the press statement in this thread then you will believe anything.

This has nothing to do with school merging per se but it is down to the extreme religious elements thinking that this is their time and other religious groups take second.

This my friend is the true state of osun; a state witnessing the first signs of extreme religious fanatics bent on subjugating other religions.

Nah their way.

If we go by the merger then we have Muslim students attending christian schools and they are not obeying the rules just like the story of the hijab attack involving a principal of one of the formerly christian schools who was beating up by islamic thugs on the guise of asking a female student to remove her hijab.

Bishop Magic:

If you believe that horse sh1t from the press statement in this thread then you will believe anything.

This has nothing to do with school merging per se but it is down to the extreme religious elements thinking that this is their time and other religious groups take second.

This my friend is the true state of osun; a state witnessing the first signs of extreme religious fanatics bent on subjugating other religions.

Nah their way.

Can you explain the religious undertone in this attack on a teacher ?. in public secondary schools across the country , Students attack on teachers do occur occasionally and go unreported, osun schools are currently in the spotlight, that is why this is news on a daily

Methinks, there are sharp differences in education quality and administration of public schools across the state. I went to a public secondary school, and i know public secondary schools in a state have different quality and administration, there are certain public schools that are notorious , where anything goes, school administration is lax and teachers can barely control the students, and when students from such academic environment are moved and merged to a school where it is no longer business as usual, there is a tendency to have student misdemeanor and revolt as reported, be that as it may, the merger will lead to standardisation of school quality.

Unfortunately, political failures and riff raffs of yesteryears who were way less fruitful in 7.5 years want to induce religious sentiments to balkanise the populace

There is trouble in the land,serious fire on the mountain. 15 years old have the mind to lift a machete against his teacher? Lawdhavemercy!