Nigeria: Parents Withdraw Pupils From School Over Murder

12 February 2013

Ado-Ekiti — Following the alleged murder of a cocoa merchant in Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti State on Saturday by yet-to-be identified killers, some parents yesterday besieged primary schools in the community to withdraw their children/ wards home, saying the atmosphere was no longer safe.

Our correspondent reports that farmers also avoided their farms because of fear. Daily Trust gathered that when journalists visited Ilawe community, some primary school pupils were seen returning home before the usual closing hour.

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