Panic in Lagos as banditry awareness drama triggers stampede

Confusion and panic gripped Ijaiye Ojokoro Junior College successful the Ojokoro country of Lagos on Wednesday morning, aft a schoolroom objection connected banditry was mistaken for a existent attack, triggering a stampede among students, teachers and residents.

The incidental occurred astatine Tigbetigbe Street successful the Ojokoro country of Lagos during the play National Awareness Day programme observed successful schools crossed the state.

According to reports, the taxable of the day’s consciousness league was banditry.

In an effort to marque the presumption much applicable and engaging, a teacher reportedly dressed up arsenic a bandit to exemplify the quality and tactics of transgression groups to students.

However, the workout took an unexpected crook erstwhile the teacher arrived astatine the schoolhouse assembly ground.

An eyewitness explained that the show of the teacher successful the costume caused contiguous panic among students, who believed an existent bandit had invaded the school.

“As soon arsenic the teacher stepped retired of his conveyance and approached the assembly ground, disorder erupted. The students thought helium was a existent ban...