File photo: A parent taking her kids from school
It has been revealed that some parents in Omu-Aran and Ilofa, in
Irepodun and Oke-Ero local government areas of Kwara State yesterday
withdrew their children from schools following rumours of deadly
vaccination.According to The Nation, the parents besieged the schools as early
as 9 am, as rumours spread that vaccination teams, accompanied by
soldiers, were in town.
It was gathered that some schools locked their gates to stop the
parents from entering, while others were forced to engage security
personnel when the situation degenerated into confrontation.
However, most of the schools succumbed to pressure by releasing the children.
But the government denied the rumours.
A statement by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s Special Adviser on
Security, Alhai Amusa Bello, urged the people to ignore the rumour, as
the Army was not undertaking vaccination or any other health campaign in
the state.
He urged parents not to panic and to refrain from withdrawing their wards from schools based on this ‘unfounded rumour’.
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