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The tension created by the terror unleashed on the Gombe State capital by people suspected to be thugs and supporters of the Democratic Peoples Party [DPP] and the forceful abduction of former Governor Abubakar Habu Hashidu from court by his supporters on Tuesday afternoon had barely subsided when students of the Government Day Seco-ndary School, Gandu in Gombe, went on rampage yesterday, killing a female teacher and setting the school ablaze.
The students, THISDAY checks revealed killed and set the teacher Mrs. Oluwatoyin Oluwasesan on fire for allegedly desecration of the Holy Quran while invigilating their end of term examination.

When our correspondent visited the school in the afternoon, the Vice Principal, Hajiya Hadiza Ali Gombe revealed that the teacher who was employed on contract, was assigned to invigilate the SS 1 classes who were writing their Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) exams.
The principal added that the teacher suspected that a foul play was about to take place as one of the students wanted to come into the exam hall with his books. She (teacher) was said to have collected the books and threw them outside the class, unknown to her that there was a copy of the Holy Quran among the books.

She said before they knew what was happening, the students started shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’. It was gathered that all efforts at controlling the rampaging students proved abortive. She said all efforts by the school Principal, Moh-ammed Sadiq to protect the teacher in his office also failed.

According to her, in the ensuing fracas, the principal was also terribly beaten and injured while the students set the teacher’s car, three classes, school clinic administrative block and library on fire reducing everything to ashes.

When THISDAY contacted the state Police Comm-issioner, Barrister Joseph Ahmed Ibi on the incident, he confirmed that 12 people have been arrested in connection with the gruesome killing of the teacher adding that the police was still investigating the incident.
However, it was reliably gathered that all schools in Gombe metropolis have been temporarily closed down, while peace was gradually returning to the town, as at the time of filing this report.