BREAKING: TASUED shut for two weeks as students, community clash

Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ogun State will be closed for two weeks as approved by the management. This decision was made after a violent clash between students living in the community and the host community of Imaweje, which resulted in the death of a student and the burning of several houses including a bakery and the community leader's residence.

 The management held an emergency Senate meeting and set up a committee to investigate the causes of the violence. The school's Public Relations Officer, Mrs Ayotunde Odubela, issued a statement providing an update on the situation.

The statement read partly, “Senate approved two weeks break for the closure of the university.

“The closure is to allow the university to carry out investigations into the immediate and remote causes of the crisis.

“A committee to be headed by the former Dean, Students Affairs and Dean, College of Vocational and Technology Education, Prof B.J.O.Ayorinde was set up to carry out necessary investigations and advise the Senate on how to avert future occurrences.

“A delegation to be led by Dean, Student Affairs, Prof Oluseyi Adejoye should immediately pay a condolence visit to the parents of the deceased.

“The university appreciates the role played by the police and military in restoring peace and order in the communities

“It calls on students and parents to remain calm while appealing to the host communities to allow a continuous harmonious relationship that had hitherto existed with the university and its hosts to continue.

“The situation has since returned to normalcy.”