BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
OSUN State Government, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of three principals for allowing a group of secession agitators address some public school students in the state.
The State Commissioner for Education, Folorunsho Bamisayemi, in a statement, said the Ministry of Education was not aware and never gave consent to the group to speak to the students.
He said the state government dissociated itself from the seditious group going round some public schools across the state disseminating a secession message of the Yoruba nation to students in the schools.
Reacting to a viral video, which showed the group talking to the students about the plan of the Yoruba nation to secede from Nigeria, Bamisayemi said the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola frowned at such, hence, the suspension of the principals for allowing the group into their school premises.
Bamisayemi emphasised that the administration of Governor Oyetola frowned at any move to disunite the country and maintained that the State had never at any point in time associated with any group on what he described as a move that was capable of hindering the unity of the country.
“Nigeria is one entity and will continue to remain so. The State Government of Osun never gave consent to any group to speak with students of public schools on a matter we know can cause disunity and chaos in the country.
“As a Nigerian state, we believe in the Nigerian dream. We urge every Nigerian to pray and work for Nigeria not to break up. As for those principals that allowed such a group into the premises of our schools, they will face the consequences of their actions,” he said.
Also reacting, the Special Adviser to Governor Oyetola on Education, Jamiu Olawumi, said it was unfortunate that some unscrupulous elements were going about polluting the minds of young children because they knew that they were still naive.
While warning such seditious groups to stay away from the state, Olawumi said students of secondary schools in the state would continue to be symbols of Nigeria’s unity at all times.
