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The management of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State, today, announced the closure of the institution following incessant robbery attacks on students.
The management directed the students to stay out off school for the next two weeks.
Armed robbers had been attacking students of the polytechnic, dispossessing them of their valuables while also raping the females, reports The PUNCH.
In the latest robbery incident which occurred last Saturday, a student was killed while about nine others were injured.
The marauders had in the last two weeks carried out more than three attacks on students and residents of Isara, Ipara and Ode communities.
Angered by the incessant attacks, the students last week staged a protest to express their grievances.
The situation has, however, forced the management to shut down the school pending when normalcy is restored.
The President of the Students’ Union Government of the Polytechnic, Olatunji Alexander, also confirmed this development today.
In a memo signed by the Acting Registrar of the Polytechnic, J O Popoola, the school management announced the introduction of online classes for the students who just resumed for the 2023/2024 academic session.
The memo reads, “I have the directive of management to inform all students in the polytechnic that all physical lectures have been suspended on campus for the next two weeks with effect from Monday, December 4, 2023.
“Given this development, all students are to note that online lectures have commenced with immediate effect, therefore students are directed to join online classes to continue lectures for the current semester.
“To this end, all students are to steer clear of the polytechnic premises till physical lectures resume again at a date that will be communicated soon.”
