{"id":749824,"date":"2019-11-22T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/22\/secondary-school-suspends-71-cultists-in-uyo\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T11:12:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:12:37","slug":"secondary-school-suspends-71-cultists-in-uyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/22\/secondary-school-suspends-71-cultists-in-uyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary School Suspends 71 Cultists In Uyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_724987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-724987\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-724987\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/10596666_thefire_jpeg43338dee15c1ba487e427fd2ea5279d0.jpg\" alt=\"Fire\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-724987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No fewer than 71 students of the Government Secondary School, Etoi in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the students were suspended for allegedly attempting to burn down the school.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have it that some pupils of the school who are allegedly members of a cult group decided on vandalising school properties.<\/p>\n<p>The Principal was also said to have been held hostage for several hours by the students who also attacked security personnel in the school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0APC Candidates Are Cultist, Militants And Terrorists: Governor Dickson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner for Education, Prof Nse Essien, speaking on the incident announced the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the 71 pupils will be suspended indefinitely for their part in the acts of violence and insubordination, except proven otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got some of the names through intelligence. This measure is meant to sanitise the system and serve as a deterrent to others\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that final-year pupils among them will not write this year\u2019s WASSCE to show just how much the government kicked against indiscipline.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers of the school were also blamed for the poor upbringing of the affected pupils, which he claimed had contributed to their actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs teachers, it is your job to instil discipline in the pupils and to forestall a breakdown of law and order in our schools. Any teacher who is accustomed to lateness, negligence of duty and other forms of misdemeanor will face serious sanctions\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire No fewer than 71 students of the Government Secondary School, Etoi in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have been suspended. 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