Ondo, Ekiti Shut Schools, As Protesters Burn Ikere Ekiti Police Station |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Public and private primary and secondary schools in Ondo state, which reopened on Monday after almost eight months closure due to coronavirus pandemic, have been closed.

Also in Ekiti state, schools have been shut following Monday’s trapping of buses conveying students in the midst of endSARS protesters.

A statement by the Ondo state c

Commissioner for Education, Mr Femi Agagu, reads:

“Mr Governor has directed that all schools that resumed on Monday, 19th October 2020, are closed for the meantime from tomorrow 21st October 2020, because of the engulfing nationwide protest and the need to ensure safety of our students and staff.

“Parents and the public are to note this directive and all schools are to comply.

“Any inconvenience is regretted,while the State Government would ensure resumption of our schools as soon as possible.”

His counterpart in Ekiti State, Dr Kofoworola Aderiye, also, in a statement ordered the closure of private and public schools in the State for the rest of the week.

According to him, the order is a proactive step to safeguard the lives of pupils, students, teachers and other staff members who are finding it difficult to get to their respective schools.

He explained that school activities will continue on Monday 26th October 2020.

The protesters, late Monday, burnt down three articulated vehicles belonging to Dangote as one of them ran into the protesters, killing a protester at Dalimore area of Ado Ekiti.

At Ikere Ekiti on Tuesday morning, a police station was razed down by the protesters, who accused policemen in the town of working with some kidnappers in the area.