The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has commenced a thorough investigation into the release of poisonous substance that led to the hospitalization of ten (10) students of the institution on Tuesday.
The institution’s public relations officer, Mr Soladayo Adewole who spoke with newsmen on Wednesday noted that the incident occurred in a classroom around the sewage area inside the campus.
“Nothing is wrong with the area.
“It is likely to be a sabotage by a yet-to-be-identified student, students or people.
“It is a classroom that has nothing to do with chemicals, but the students are fine now,” Adewole said.
The acting Registrar, Adewumi Ogunjimi, confirmed that the school’s management had written a letter to the state’s Commissioner for Health, requesting an emergency medical response to the mysterious situation.
The letter read in part, “The institution hereby informs the Honourable Commissioner for Health of an emergency situation within the Middle Belt Campus of the institution.
“Some students receiving lectures were found to have inhaled some indeterminable substance, making them weak and dazed.
“The institution has taken immediate and proactive steps by evacuating the entire area.
“Some of the affected students are equally being attended to by medical doctors and other paramedic staff at the institution’s health centre.
“We therefore call on the ministry to immediately come into the institution for an on-the-spot assessment and other necessary actions.”
Some of the affected students received medical care and attention at the Ring Road State Hospital.
