Oyo Govt Suspends Student For Slapping Corps Member

Oyo state government has suspended an SSS 2 student of Anglican Commercial Secondary School, Orita-Mefa Ibadan, simply identified as Roqeeb Ojo, from school for allegedly assaulting a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member.
Oyo State Government confirmed that the teenager slapped the serving Corps Member during school hours on Tuesday.

However, the accused has been banned from coming to school for the next one month.

Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem made this disclosure on Tuesday.

The Commissioner said, “student slapped the corp member resulting in the immediate issuance of one-month suspension to the student.”

Abdu-Raheem who visited the school, ordered that a letter of suspension be given to the parents of the student.

He also directed that on his return from suspension, the student, must apologize to the assaulted corps member and sign an undertaking.

The Commissioner while addressing the students warned them against every act of indiscipline, he charged them to be of good behaviour, maintaining that the state government will not condone any act of indiscipline.

He sternly warned that any student caught, acting in an uncivilized manner, will be dismissed from schools in Oyo State.