Ogun Poly Shuts Down, Begins Online Lectures Over Incessant Robbery Attacks

The management of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State, on Monday, announced the closure of the institution following incessant robbery attacks on students.

Recall that hoodlums, suspected to be armed robbers, attacked the students staying at the off-campus hostel at Ode Remo, in the early hours of Saturday, killing one, while nine others sustained injuries.

This attack comes barely a week after the management closed the school for three days after they protested the rape of female students last week.

The management in a memo signed by the Acting Registrar of the Polytechnic, J O Popoola, urged the students to leave the school for the next two weeks.

The memo directed all the students to join online classes to continue lectures for the current semester.

“I have the directive of management to inform all students in the polytechnic that all physical lectures have been suspended on campus for the next two weeks with effect from Monday, December 4, 2023.

“Given this development, all students are to note that online lectures have commenced with immediate effect. Therefore, students are directed to join online classes to continue lectures for the current semester.

“To this end, all students are to steer clear of the polytechnic premises till physical lectures resume again at a date that will be communicated soon,” it read.