The Delta Government has reclaimed the St. Malachi Primary School, Ugbeyiyi Road, Sapele, allegedly sold by unidentified community leaders to an unknown buyer.
In a statement on Thursday by the Commissioner for Primary Education, Chika Ossai, the state government said it has “taken full charge of the school and that in no distant time, we will rebuild structures within the premises.”
Condemning the removal of the school roofs, entrance gate and signpost by the buyer, the commissioner said he was challenging the sellers or buyers “to prove themselves bold by coming forward. They will be made to face the full weight of the law.”
The chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Sunny Ogwu, said the school was a government property and no one had the liberty to sell or buy it.”
Promising that more buildings would be constructed for teaching and learning, the SUBEB chairman assured residents of the area that “everything is in order.”
(NAN)
