30 students, teacher hospitalised after gas leak in Ogun school

No less than 30 students and 1 teacher of Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School successful Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, person been hospitalised pursuing a state leakage connected Wednesday.

DAILY POST gathered that a gaseous substance dispersed crossed the schoolhouse premises, soon aft the assembly session, making it hard for galore students and unit to breathe.

It was learnt that the incidental led to respective students collapsing, with implicit 30 students and a teacher rushed to Ijebu Ode General Hospital for treatment.

According to the Vice Principal, Mrs Adeola Borogun, a unusual chemic odor was perceived wrong the schoolhouse premises, which instantly prompted an exigency response.

She said, “Several students began vomiting and fainting, forcing the schoolhouse absorption to telephone for ambulances from the State General Hospital, Ijebu Ode.”

When contacted, the State Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, confirmed the incident, dismissing speculation that it was an detonation successful the schoolhouse premises.

He disclosed that probe is ongoing to find retired the existent origin of the incident.

“No, determination is nary detonation anywhere. It’s a state leakage from somewhere. Some accidental it was from the schoolhouse laboratory, but immoderate accidental it indispensable person been from determination astir the community.

“We are bringing a state analyzer determination present to analyse the benignant of state and the attraction zo...