The Federal Polytechnic , Ado Ekiti was on Sunday shut indefinitely following a violent protest by students over the death of two of them, only one was identified.


Trouble began on the institution’s campus late Friday when two student reportedly complained of malaria.


They were said to have been rushed to the Polytechnic Health Centre for treatment, but their condition later became worse. They died in the early hours of Saturday, According to Punch Newspaper.



The Registrar of the institution, Mrs Sade Adediran, announced the immediate and indefinite closure of the school, Campus Reporters Media reports.


Adediran did not, however, confirm whether any student actually died at the Polytechnic Health Centre at that moment.


The statement warned that any student found on campus after the closure would be apprehended and made to face the consequences.


It was gathered from campus sources that the students on learning that their colleagues had died, quickly mobilised themselves, marched to the Health Centre and burnt it down.


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