How 2 Primary School Students Set School Ablaze In Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended two primary school students for allegedly burning their school in the Ifo Local Government Area’s Isheri-Olofin neighborhood.

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.

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Two pupils of Community Primary Dchool, Isheri Olofin, aged six years and nine years, both residents of the Isheri Olofin community, have been apprehended for setting fire to their school and properties of the school on October 29, 2023.

“The incident was reported to the police by a chief in the community. According to the report, the minors gained access to one of the unlocked classrooms at Community Primary School Isheri Olofin. They then proceeded to gather books left behind by the teachers and pupils and set them on fire. The value of the damaged books is currently unknown.

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

Odutola disclosed further that the parents of the minor would be invited for questioning on the circumstances that surrounded the actions of their children.

The police have started making inquiries on how to contact their parents as this is a very serious crime for these children to get themselves involved with.
“The police will unravel and update members of the public in due course if there are other persons who may have instigated the youngsters,” Odutola.