The Osun state police command has arrested and detained a 19-year-old student of Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife, Osun State for allegedly beating the Principal of the school, Mr. Ademola Sanusi, to coma.
It was gathered that the student teamed up with his gang members and attacked the Principal with repeated punch right inside the school premises.
The police arrested the teenager and commenced investigation into the matter.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner for Education, Folorunso Oladoyin has condemned the action of the student, saying it was totally condemnable, sickening, disturbing and disheartening that a student of a public secondary school could be involved in such a morally absurd behavioural conduct.
While describing students of public schools in Osun as disciplined, cultured and well behaved, the Commissioner maintained that the 19-year-old culprit and his gangsters will not go unpunished no matter what it took.
The Commissioner however echoed that decency and discipline were on a daily basis gaining momentum in all public schools and explained that the administration of Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola will not compromise standards.
Oladoyin warned that such incidents will not in any form or manner be tolerated henceforth in all Osun public or private schools.
He reiterated the resolve of the state government to make scapegoats of any student caught in any act of indiscipline by being made to face the full wrath of the law.
The Education Commissioner counselled students on the need to face their studies squarely rather than engaging in truancy and hooliganism and appealed to parents and guardians to keep tabs on the activities of their children and wards before and after school hours.
