A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Esu Ema who was on her way to submit her final project to her supervisor was killed after a driver simply identified as Lasisi Sodiq knocked her down.
The management of the school while confirming the accident on Thursday, stated that Ema who was a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, was killed near the campus of the institution.
A release by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, said the deceased student with the matriculation number FRM/2019/041 was knocked down and killed by a Lexus car with number plate ABJ 427 LQ driven by Sodiq.
Olanrewaju further explained that the student was crossing the Ife – Ibadan Road near the campus gate when the accident happened.
“The members of the Federal Road Safety Corps came to recover the corpse of the student and deposited same at the mortuary of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex at about 12:35 pm while the officers of the Nigerian Police have arrested the driver for investigation and further necessary action,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the OAU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Simeon Bamire, has sent a condolence message to the parents of the deceased through the Dean of Students Affairs of the university, Prof. Adeolu Odedire.
“It is very sad to lose a domestic animal, how can anyone quantify the loss of a child, most especially a grown-up child who was a young, promising adult with a lot of potential? A final year student for that matter,” the statement quoted Bamire as saying.
He appealed to the parents, siblings, family, friends and classmates of the deceased to take solace in God and prayed that the Lord will give them and the school management, the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
OAU Student Killed By Driver On Day Of Final Year Project Submission is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
