Some unidentified herdsmen reportedly stormed a public secondary school in Alaropo Nla community in Oyo State and attacked several students and teachers.
The attackers, numbering about 20, invaded Community Grammar School, Alaropo Nla in Oriire Local Government Area (LGA) of the state in the early hours of Thursday.
The assailants were said to have invaded the school with their cattle and injured some of the students and teachers.
Paul Olabode, a teacher in the school was inflicted with sword and machete cuts, while many others, including students, were left with varying degrees of injuries.
Following the incident, there was palpable tension in the community.
It was gathered that the school had just finished morning devotion and students were preparing to settle down in their classrooms to continue their second-term examination when the herdsmen invaded the school’s farm with their cows grazing mindlessly on crops.
An attempt by the students and the teachers to drive away the herdsmen were met with brutal resistance.
Principal of the school, Mrs Grace Alamu who confirmed the incident said Policemen are coming to the school this morning.”