The Islamic High School Old Students’ Association has called on the Oyo state police command to release Mr. Abdullah Fasasi, the school principal, on administrative bail.
The school principal was arrested and detained in connection to the Ibadan funfair tragedy that claimed 35 lives.
The president of the alumni association, Bayo Busari, has clarified the claims suggesting that the school principal approved the use of the facility for the funfair.
The National President of the Islamic High School Old Students Association, Mr Bayo Busari, made the demand in Ibadan on Saturday.
Reacting, Busari, said the association was neither averse to police investigation nor willing to obstruct it.
Busari, also refuted claims that the school principal approved the use of the facility for the funfair, clarifying that approval came from the Oyo State Ministry of Education.
He said, he wondered why the police detained the principal, while he was neither the organiser nor the person who approved the school facility for use.
“The narrative is not true; the Oyo State Ministry of Education gave the approval for the use of the school facility to Agidigbo FM since 2023, and it has been using it for its programme since then.”
“Our demand is that the principal be released, and we are ready to have him released on administrative bail.
“We will stand as surety for him,” the president said.