A school principal with Nkaleke Echara Community Secondary School, Ojiegbe Ebonyi State, Simon Ominyi and his teacher identified as Moses Nwibo have been murdered in the school by gunmen on October 13,2o23 in the school.
Penpushing reports that the Commissioner for Education, Paul Nwobashi, who spoke on the sad development said that the principal and the teacher were murdered and their motorcycle snatched by their assailants.
The Commissioner described the gruesome act as sad and condemnable, adding that security agencies in the state had been alerted and charged to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act, who as at the time of this report yet to be identified
‘It is too bad; we still mourn them to date. Governor Francis Nwifuru has been briefed on the matter and he has contacted security agencies, especially the police. He has asked them to swing into action and ensure that the perpetrators are arrested and brought to justice’, he stated.
‘Right now, some persons are being questioned. We have been talking with local, state and national security agencies on the necessary measures to ensure that maximum security is maintained around schools in the state’, he added.
‘He assured the teachers that the state government was working to improve security in schools. They should also know that security is everybody’s business. The state government is not going to take it lightly and we are not happy about it’, Nwobashi said.
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