Hausa Community, School Refute Attack Report

Hausa community in Agege area of Lagos and the management of Lagooz Schools have refuted the claim by a national daily that more than 100 Hausa teenagers attacked the school and carted away about N1.5million.

They described the report as a display of unprofessionalism and figment of the imagination of the reporter.

Addressing a joint briefing on Thursday evening,, the proprietor of the school, Chief Yomi Otubela, described the report as malicious, outrageous and demeaning.

Otubela said apart from the fact that there was no attack on the school, no cash was stolen. He said it was unfortunate that reporters could result to cooking up stories for no just cause.

The proprietor added that the disagreement that occurred on Saturday, July 16, among friends of the students of the school who were taking part in the valedictory service, had taken place outside the school compound and that it was just a minor disagreement among some young boys and girls.

According to Otubela, it was impossible for about 100 teenagers as claimed in the report to have descended on a community without attracting people’s attention.

He said: “I am yet to figure out what this reporter or his sponsor is out to benefit from stoking fire of ethnic violence by conjuring up a report of what never happened.”