Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, has been shut down following students' protest which saw school properties destroyed. The protest started after an official of the school tried to stop a Muslim student from observing his prayer in the school, which is a Christian school. The VC of the school Prof. Ayo Olukoju announced yesterday that the school will be shut down temporarily but will re-open on 2nd june 2014.
Speaking to Punch about the decision, Prof Olukoju said;
“We have rules and regulations in the school and all the students agreed to abide by them. These rules are in the student handout. Before now, we have been applying appropriate sanctions against students who default in any of these rules. We wanted to enforce one of such sanctions on Wednesday before this crisis escalated. Please, the crisis has nothing to do with religion. It has nothing to do with being a Christian or a Muslim. People, especially female students even went to their worship centres on campus on Wednesday to pray after the incident. Again, I tell you this action was carried out by the male students alone.”
See photos of the damage by the rampaging students...
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