Oyo govt reacts as ritualist turns students to yam

<p><strong>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Oyo State government<&sol;a> has reacted to the reports making the rounds that two students of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Bashorun High School<&sol;a>&comma; Ibadan&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;watch-how-suspected-ritualist-was-burnt-alive-for-turning-students-into-yam&sol;">were turned into tubers of yam by a suspected ritualist<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The State commissioner for Education&comma; Rahman Abiodun Abdul-Raheem said there was no iota of truth in the sensational report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He made this clarification&comma; while addressing students&comma; parents and guardians of the school when he visited on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commissioner had visited the school on Friday afternoon&comma; while on fact-finding mission&comma; following a report in the social media that such incident happened in the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The social media buzzed with the news of how a suspected ritualist turned two students of the school into tubers of yam with unused pampers&period; &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;watch-how-suspected-ritualist-was-burnt-alive-for-turning-students-into-yam&sol;">Read Here<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was reported that the suspect was caught by a local security guard around Bode Wasinmi-Bashorun axis&comma; at a location close to the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This&comma; however&comma; created fear in the minds of residents&comma; especially the parents and guardians&comma; whose children and wards attend the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abdul-Raheem said findings from the school management showed that none of the school students was reported missing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800080&semi;"><a style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800080&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;tinubu-is-suffering-silently-in-apc-senator-hanga&sol;">Tinubu Completely Neglected&comma; Suffering Silently In APC -Senator Hanga<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The commissioner&comma; however&comma; called for calm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He assured them that the security operatives would dig deeper into the incident to unravel details of what really happened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commissioner admonished the general public to remain patient&comma; saying that the safety of every resident in the state was a priority for the Gov&period; Seyi Makinde-led administration<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;