Following frequent robbery attacks on student, the authorities of the Ogun State owned Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State, has shut down the institution for the next two weeks.
J. O. Popoola, the Acting Registrar of the Polytechnic, in a memo stated that the school management had introduced online classes for the students who recently resumed for 2023/2024 academic session.
The memo reads, “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.
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“In view of this development, all students are to note that online lectures have commenced with immediate effect, therefore students are directed to join online classes in order to continue lectures for the current semester.
“To this end, all students are to steer clear the polytechnic premises till physical lectures resume again at a date that will be communicated soon.”
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The students of the polytechnic had faced frequent armed robbery attacks during which they were possessed of their valuables.
Some female students had also been reportedly raped during such attacks.
The school had witnessed no fewer than three attacks in the last two weeks.
The latest robbery resulted in the death of a student while about nine others sustained injuries.
