{"id":19552,"date":"2018-07-06T19:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19552"},"modified":"2018-07-06T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:50:03","slug":"bauchi-govt-closes-school-over-illegal-marriages-among-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19552","title":{"rendered":"BAUCHI GOVT. CLOSES SCHOOL OVER ILLEGAL MARRIAGES AMONG STUDENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19511\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"3033\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">THE Bauchi State government, at the weekend, closed the Sa\u2019adu Zungur Model Primary and Secondary School in Bauchi, the state capital, over illegal marriages among senior students in the school.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The closure order, which also affected the primary section of the school, it was gathered, was given\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2094884976\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday <\/span><\/span>by the state deputy governor, Nuhu Gidado, who doubles as the Commissioner for Education, following a report received by the government on the illegal marriages among the students.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16638&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to a press statement issued by his Special Assistant on Communications, Yakubu Adamu, the deputy governor attributed the illegal marriages among the students to moral decadence in the society.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gidado stated the school would remain closed until a committee set up by the state government to investigate the matter came up with a detailed report and recommendations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the illegal act among the students, said to have been rampant among them despite the fact that both male and female students had separate classrooms for learning, blew open last week during one of such illegal marriages.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was further learnt that teachers in the school got to know about the act when a senior secondary (SS) 2 student organised one of such wedding ceremonies in the school premises to his alleged lover, also a senior student of the school.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The noise and cheers from jubilant co-students amidst the fun were said to have drawn the attention of the teachers, who rushed to find out what was happening only to discover that a \u2018wedding\u2019 ceremony was taking place between the two students.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They, however, reported their finding to the school\u2019s principal, Mallam Ahmed Zailani, who in turn reported to the Ministry of Education with a view to taking appropriate sanction against the erring students.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Investigation revealed that male students used to pay N500 as bride price to their would-be \u2018wife\u2019 who are also students of the school as a condition for solemnisation of their marriages.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It further revealed that the \u2018couples\u2019 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