A reckless driver on Thursday, August 22, 2024, killed a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, throwing the institution into a gloomy state.
The victim, a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, was at the school to submit her project when she was knocked down while crossing the road to enter the school.
The incident was confirmed in a statement issued by the institution’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olarewaju.
The student, identified as Esu Rita Ema, was crossing the Ife-Ibadan axis of the road at the campus gate when the accident happened
Mr Olarewaju said, “Members of the Federal Road Safety Corps came to recover the corpse of the student and have deposited same at the mortuary of the OAU Teaching Hospital.
“Personnel of the Nigerian Police have arrested the driver for investigation and further action,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Bamire, has sent a condolence message to the parents of the deceased through the Dean, Students Affairs, Professor Adeolu Odedire.
He said, “It is very sad to lose a domestic animal, how can anyone quantify the loss of a child?
“The incident is particularly galling as the victim is a young, promising adult with a lot of potentials. A final year student for that matter,” Odedire quoted Bamire as saying.
The Vice-Chancellor was further quoted as appealing to the parents, siblings, family, friends and classmates of the deceased to take solace in God while praying to the Lord to “give us all the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss”
