By Emmanuel Adeleke
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced the death of a final year student in the Department of Foreign Languages, Esu Ema.
Ema was reportedly killed by a driver, identified as Lasisi Sodiq, near the institution’s campus.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Abiodun Olarewaju, said the deceased, with matriculation number FRM/2019/04, was knocked down and killed by a Lexus car with number plate ABJ 427 LQ, driven by Sodiq.
Olanrewaju further explained that the student, who was said to be going to the campus to submit her final year project to her supervisor, was crossing the Ife – Ibadan road near the campus gate when the incident happened.
“The members of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) came to recover the corpse of the student and deposited same at the mortuary of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex at about 12:35pm while the officers of the Nigerian Police have arrested the driver for investigation and further necessary action,” he said.
Meanwhile, the vice chancellor of the institution, 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 said.
He appealed to the parents, siblings, family, friends and classmates of the deceased to take solace in God.