Please where is this country heading to, destruction? Because we don’t seem to understand any longer; the killings, crimes, kidnapping, drug gangs, failed politicians, etc.
On Saturday, the Nigerian Police in Ebonyi have confirmed that 12 students of Ginger International School in the state had been hospitalised after they were administered with drugs by the school authority.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students became partly unconscious after being administered with the drugs.
They were rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHA) Abakaliki, and Police clinic in the state for immediate medical attention.
DSP George Okafor, the command’s spokesman, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said that the proprietor and head of the school had been invited for questioning.
“We are going to investigate the matter thoroughly to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident,” he said.
NAN further reports that anxious relative of the students were at the “Accident and Emergency Unit of FETHA,’’ where majority of them were admitted to ascertain their condition.
Sources said the anti-hermetic tablets which expert say were used for de-worming was administered on the students, aged between 12 and 15 years.