Insecurity: Ibadan Polytechnic shuts school

Etim Effiong

The management of the Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended all activities at the institution owing to rising insecurity in the state.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Adewole Soladoye, which was signed by the registrar, Mrs Modupe Theresa Fawale, on Sunday, June 27, 2021, noted that the move was at monitoring the security temperature within the institution and its environment.

The statement added that all public activities including conferences, seminars, and workshops in the institution and its environs have been suspended.

“The authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have suspended all public activities including conferences and seminars and workshops in the Institution and its environment until further notice apart from the ongoing second-semester examinations,” the statement read.

Fawale, who is the Registrar and Secretary to the Council explained that the decision was part of efforts to monitor the security situation within the Institution and its environment.

The statement further mentioned that the decision was also part of efforts to curtail and monitor the continued Covid-19 precautions.

“By this, all Deans of Faculties, Directors, Heads of Departments, religious bodies, Students’ Union, students’ Representative Council, all staff and members of the public are to kindly abide by this directive which takes effect from Sunday, 27th of June,” according to the statement.

Arguably, there is worsening insecurity in Oyo with killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen, cult wars, and violence involving road transport workers topping the ugly list.