Lagos Assembly appeals for scholarship for Teargas Victim Aminat Alege

The Speaker of the Assembly Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa had mandated the House Committee on Education to investigate the incident.

Lagos State House of Assembly has appealed to the state government to grant scholarship to Aminat Alege, a student of Adams Memorial High School who lost one of her eyes during a fracas between the students of Agege Junior high School and Abibat Mogaji Secondary School.

Its Committee on Education made the plea at plenary monitored by our Correspondent on Thursday.

The Speaker of the Assembly Rt. Hon.  Mudashiru Obasa had mandated the Committee to make investigations into the incident at a plenary session recently. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Sangodara Mosunmola, who pleaded on the victim's behalf, said as part of investigation into the unfortunate incident, teachers of the school, the parents of the victim and the Commissioner of Education and others were invited for discussion.

In an attempt not to be arrested amongst the fighting students, Miss Alege hid behind a car after leaving the mosque but got hit by teargas canister shot by the police in an attempt to disperse the students.

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