The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in the State, Abayomi Arigbabu made this known while reacting on the viral video on social media.
He said preliminary investigations have revealed a very disturbing twist, as the young man who lost his life could not be confirmed as a bonafide student of the school
The Commissioner said the boy was identified by three different names – Babalola Ayomide, Salako Jimoh, and Afolabi Babalola. Yet, none of these names appear in the official state education database, the OGSERA platform, which authenticates all school enrolments.
The commissioner said there is likelihood of an illegal enrolment. In addition to the discovery that the Principal of Ilugun High School (Junior) had been involved in the collection of illegal fees.
He assure the people of Ogun State that the government remains commitment to provide free education for every school-age child in this State, irrespective of where they live, their gender, economic status, religious belief, or political affiliation.
The Commissioner also appealed to the students not to vent their anger by destroying school property, adding that it will only make the situation worse, not better.
Recall that in the viral video,some students of Ilugun High School, Abeokuta engaged in violent act by beating up their teachers and destroying school properties.
The footage captured groups of students throwing stones at classroom windows until the glass shattered. They went further to pull out the entire aluminium window slides from their frames, leaving the classroom windows badly damaged.
Another footage showed the students beating and dragging someone alleged to be one of the teachers of the school.
The students were said to be protesting the death of one of them who was allegedly roaming around during the school hours and was trying to evade arrest by the officials of the Ogun State Security Network popularly known as Amotekun and he eventually jumped into a river where he got drawn and died.
