Parents, teachers panic as lunatic, hoodlums take over Ekiti school

The occupation of   AUD Primary School, Irona Ado Ekiti, by a madman  and hoodlums   has sparked  anxiety among teachers and parents  over the safety of the  pupils.

Apart from the lunatic, who occupies  about 10 classrooms, suspected rapists, burglars and Indian hemp smokers are said to have made  the school  their hideout.

Our correspondent learnt that the  lunatic often  chased  the pupils around  and threw stones at  their teachers.

Some of the  teachers,   who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, claimed the development   had  forced some of the parents  to withdraw their children  from the school.

The   headteacher, Mrs Taibat Yusuf, who  said activities of the lunatic and suspected criminals were constituting threats to learning in the school, appealed to the state government to intervene.

Yusuf said,  “We are calling on the state government to  help us remove  the lunatic from the school compound because of the threat he poses to the pupils and teachers.

“The lunatic chases our pupils, throws stones at teachers and threatens them anytime they are in school.

“Teachers and pupils are always gripped by fear that he may invade their classrooms at any time and this won’t make them to concentrate.

“Our school compound has been turned into a den of rapists, Indian hemp smokers and other criminals and this has led to  the withdrawal of many pupils from the school.

“Besides, we want government to renovate the collapsing fence which gives easy access to the lunatic and the hoodlums.

“Many of our classrooms are dilapidated and the school also needs a gate.”

An alumnus  of the school, Alhaji Olorunkemi Ogunjobi, said,  “It is a pity that my former school has become the home  of a madman and criminals.”

Ogunjobi added,  “We want the police and civil defence officers to come here and arrest the lunatic. Besides,  the government should  employ security men  to guard the school.”