This news was reported by News agency of Nigeria (NAN), according to the reported, the students became unconcious after they were administered with drug by the school authority.
The students were later rush to federal Teaching hospital FETHA Abakaliki, and the police clinic in state for better medical attention.
This incident was comfirmed on saturday 18th June 2016, by the command spokes man DSP George Okafor. He said the school Proprietor and other heads of the school have been invited for questioning.
Sources said the anti-hermetic tablets which expert say were used for de-worming was administered on the students, aged between 12 and 15 years.
Mr Sam Igwe and Mrs Bilikisu Ahmed, parents of some of the victims alleged that the drugs were administered on their wards without their consent.
The chief medical director at FETHA, Dr Emeka Ogah, said, that the drug sample had been collected and sent to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for analysis.
“The students are responding to treatment as we would do our best to get them fit again,” he said.
Prof. John Eke, State Commissioner for Education described the incident as embarrassing.
“The state government would come up with a policy that would make it mandatory for school managements to secure approval from the ministry before administering drugs on pupils and students,’’ he said.
Dr Daniel Umezurike, State Commissioner for Health said that the drugs were donated by one of the foreign development partners of the state which had been assisting in disease eradication.
“These drugs are administered intermittently to de-worm students but we assure the public that the incident would be investigated and situation brought under control,” he said. (NAN)
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