Osun school hall collapse not ordinary – Speaker

The Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam, has decried the outrageous insinuation that greeted the collapse of a school hall within the premises of the state of art facility of Ejigbo High school, saying that the statement credited to some political players that substandard materials was prejudicial and an act of sabotage.
In a statement issued by his media office, Salaam, who hails from Ejigbo, the host community of the school, noted that while an investigation team was yet to get to the spot where a loud bang was reportedly heard by the people on then site before the collapse of a detached auditorium, some political actors, who appeared to be happy with the rubbles of the edifice, went on air to pass judgment on the material composition of the building.
Salaam then challenged those who insinuated on substandard building materials as the cause of collapse of the structure to present their empirical evidence or stop their ill-motivated politicking on the matter until the result of investigation is out.
He said he personally monitored the work-in-progress and there was nothing suggesting that something was fishy.
He said for a new building to be uprooted from the foundation, more information needed to be processed, adding that prejudice was needless.
Besides, Salaam has condemned the hate and threat speech of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, against the lawmaker representing Atakunmosa East and West, Hon. Babatunde Festus Komolafe, at Ifewara a few days ago, warning that the parliament has it on tape where he threatened to deal with the lawmaker using soldiers.
He said: “When we listened to Omisore’s governorship campaign at Ifewara, it is disappointing that he was busy threatening to sack Hon. Komolafe at home and that he would unleash soldiers on him for daring to mobilize his constituents for the reelection of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.”
The Speaker then stressed that he would forward the tape of the threat against the lawmaker to the security agencies for the safety of the legislator.