No fewer than 20 students of the Fakunle Government Secondary School, Osogbo, Osun State, have been admitted to a hospital after teargas smoke was fired into the school by the police officers.
It was learnt that the school, located adjacent to Osogbo city stadium, is also behind a mobile police station all along the Ikirun road.
Findings, according to Daily Sun, showed that the mobile policemen fired teargas in their usual practice and the explosion mistakenly ran into the school.
It was gathered that some students who were hit by the smoke fainted and they were rushed to the hospital.
A teacher who preferred not to be mentioned in print explained that the private hospital behind the school could not accommodate all the affected students and they were rushed to the University of Osun teaching hospital.
He explained that the school authorities ordered the immediate closure of the school when he noticed that the smoke was becoming unbearable.
Attempts to speak with the principal were futile because the school had been abandoned shortly after the incident.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, said she was unaware of the incident. She promised to investigate the alleged teargas discharge.
