Leadership
Edo State Government has expelled eight secondary school students for alleged involvement in secret cult activities in various schools in the state.
Commissioner for Education, Mr Gideon Obhakhan disclosed this yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Benin, the state capital.
He also stated that over 20 students suspected to be members of secret cult groups in different schools who are currently being investigated by the police have also been suspended by the state government.
Obhakhan pointed out that if those under investigation by the police are found to be culpable, they would be expelled from their various schools to serve as a deterrent to others.
He explained that the ongoing clampdown by the state government was aimed at checking the wave of secret activities now spreading across secondary and primary schools in the state.
The commissioner added that the state government was working in collaboration with the anti cultism unit of the Edo State Police Command to flush out the menace of secret cult activities amongst pupils and students in all the primary and secondary schools across the three senatorial districts of the state.
Obhakhan also explained that the state government would soon embark on the reconstruction of dilapidated office complex of the ministry of education now that the red roof revolution has gone round all the local government councils of the state.
He further dispelled the rumour making the rounds that the newly established Edo State university, Iyhamo, is jointly owned by private/public partnership, stressing that Edo Etate has the full ownership of the multi million project.
Source: http://leadership.ng/news/515838/8-secondary-school-students-expelled
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