PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OGUN SET UP SCHOOL FIRE; POLICE REACT

Babatunji Wusu –

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two elementary school students for allegedly lighting their school in the Ifo Local Government Area’s Isheri-Olofin neighborhood on fire.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson, verified this.

Odutola claims that after the minors entered the school without permission, they set fire to several books that the teachers had left behind, causing damage to the building.

The Anti-Crime and Detectives Unit detained the two students, who are residents of the Isheri Olofin village and are six and nine years old, following a community chief’s complaint of the event.

“On October 29, 2023, two students of Community Primary School, Isheri Olofin, who are residents of the Isheri Olofin community and are six and nine years old, respectively, were arrested for setting fire to their school and its property.

“A community chief reported the incident to the police.” The report claims that the youngsters were able to enter one of the Community Primary School Isheri Olofin’s unlocked classrooms. They then went ahead and collected all of the textbooks that the students and professors had left behind and burned them. It is currently uncertain how much the damaged books are worth.

According to a police spokesperson, “the Anti-Crime and Detectives Unit visited the scene upon receiving the report and brought the alleged children to the police station for interrogation.”

Odutola also revealed that the minor’s parents would be contacted to inquire about the circumstances surrounding their children’s behavior.

As this is a very serious crime for these children to get involved in, the police have begun asking how to get in touch with their parents. “The police will unravel and update members of the public in due course if there are other persons who may have instigated the youngsters,” said Odutola.