Omisore, in a press release, stated that he had warned that such policy was not well thought out and might jeopardise the peace hitherto enjoyed among Christians and Muslims in the state.
He said: “The new education policy in Osun State has claimed its first casualty. I would advise that the state government should revert to the former policy before the crisis snowballed to an unimaginable catastrophe.
“We warn that such policy was not well thought out and might jeopardise the peace hitherto enjoyed among Christians and Muslims in the state, but the government refused to heed our warning. What is known today as Boko Haram in the Northern part of the country that has claimed several lives and property worth million of naira started like this before it degenerated. Today, state of emergency had been declared in three states while billions of naira has been spent into the needless sectarian crisis.
“I want to urge all peace loving individuals in Osun State and well meaning Nigerians, especially those whose names have been mentioned as part of the brain behind the obnoxious education policy to wade into the crisis and prevail on Governor Aregbesola from plunging the state into self-inflicted religious war.
“It is an incontrovertible fact that a new policy that would affect a critical sector such as education, ought to have been scrutinised to determine its viability or otherwise before dumping it on the people.
“I want to plead with my good people of Osun State to eschew violence in the face of this provocation and go about their normal businesses.”
Senator Omisore, however, appealed to the Nigerian Police to fish out “all the perpetrators of this heinous crime and be made to face the full wrath of the law in order to serve as a deterrent to others who might want to use the ill-conceived policy of the state government as an avenue to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens.”
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