Osun state government through the commissioner for Education, Mr Oladoyin Folorunsho, has ordered the closure of Baptist High School, Gbodofon, Osogbo as fight erupted between students and the school teachers.
The closure, Oceanicnews learnt was to enable the authorities assess the level of damage as the irate students vandalized several school properties.
A source who pleaded not to be named narrated that the students and the school wielded dangerous weapons like cutlass, sticks and stones as they engaged in physical fight on Wednesday some unknown students invaded the school.
According to the source,“We saw some students last week Wednesday in our school armed with machete and this made everyone to run for their lives.
“Although, hardly will a month pass that we don’t experience something like this and whenever such occurs, some of the irate students usually lock our teachers in their staff room.