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OAU Students Shut Down Ile-Ife In Protest Of Death Of Undergraduate

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3 years ago

October 1, 2021

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Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State have gone on the rampage in protest over the death of an undergraduate and final year student of the Foreign Language Department, Aishat Adesina.

The protesting students alleged that Miss Adesina died as a result of negligence on the part of the institution’s health workers.

Information available to DAILY POST reveals that the student gave up the ghost at a private hospital in Ile-Ife.

Sources from the campus revealed that she was rushed to the school’s medical facility on Thursday by her friends because she had earlier complained of shortness of breath to them.

On getting to the clinic, she was reportedly administered with malaria drugs and ulcer medication based on her complaints.

She was later taken to Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife without the necessary referral letter from the OAU Health Centre and she was pronounced dead at the probate hospital.

Students also alleged that she had allegedly given up the ghost at the OAU Health Centre which made them pretend in order for an ambulance not to be released for the conveyance of her corpse.

This, according to the students account, made come out en-masse to protest the negligence on the part of the Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede-led OAU management.

This negligence on the part of the management and health workers have cost the life of the deceased, the students claimed.

Efforts to reach the university Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Abiodun, proved abortive as his phone was not connecting as at press time.

The university in recent months have had to deal with a backlog of controversies.

Some months back, students of the institution were captured in a vital photograph fetching water from nearby drains as water shortage hit the student hostels and also two students committed suicide due to inability to meet up with the academic requirements of the school.

Also, some months back, some female students had alleged that commercial motorcyclists who were indigenes of Ile-Ife were sexually molesting them, a development which was debunked by the school management.

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Woman Sets Stepchildren’s Hands On Fire For Allegedly Eating Rice Prepared For Husband

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9 hours ago

May 19, 2024

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A woman identified as Rachel Geoffrey, 23, has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for setting the hands of her two stepchildren on fire.

The suspect who resides in Federal Housing Estate, Girei Local Government Area was arrested for setting fire to the hands of her stepchildren, Genesis Geoffrey, 7, and Idadai, 3.

The spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, who confirmed the incident, said Geoffrey intentionally inflicted severe physical injuries on the 7 and 3-year-old children on May 7.

He said the victims faced several calculated acts of cruelty and Human Rights Violations from their stepmother after the separation of their mother from their father.

According to him, Genesis and Ijadai got their stepmother angry after eating the plate of rice she had cooked and kept for her husband, because they were hungry.

Reacting, she tied their hands with handkerchiefs and set fire to their hands, resulting in the severe injuries they sustained.

The Commissioner of Police CP Dankombo Morris, expressed worries as he advised members of the public particularly parents to live up to expectations by providing the basic needs of their wards. He also vowed to diligently make sure that the suspect is persecuted.

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Tragedy Struck In Osun As Three siblings, Mother Die In Auto Crash

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21 hours ago

May 18, 2024

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Three siblings and their mother, identified as Cecilia were reported dead in a ghastly auto accident in Osun State on Saturday.

It was gathered that a car heading to Ibadan from Osogbo had a head-on collision with a motorcycle carrying a woman and four of her children back home from a vigil at Odeomu in Ayedaade local government area.

According to an eye witness Usman Ademola, the motorcyclist carried two of the children in front, another one in the middle while a toddler was wrapped behind the woman.

According to VANGUARD, the two children died on the spot in the incident that occurred between Odeomu and Oogi where the motorcycle was headed.

Also, the woman and the motorcyclist identified as Abraham died while the child behind the woman seems to have survived the incident.

Meanwhile, it was gathered that a mob that gathered at the scene set the car ablaze along with two of the occupants after the driver had escaped from the scene.

Osun police command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola added that the two occupants were rescued from the car by police operatives and were rushed to a hospital in the state capital.

She added that policemen were deployed to the area to maintain peace and order.

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Soldiers, Traders Clash In Abuja Market

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22 hours ago

May 18, 2024

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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has deployed its operatives to Banex – an electronics and telecommunications gadgets market, in Abuja, after a fight broke out between soldiers and some traders on Saturday.

Some civilians were seen in a viral video overpowering some soldiers in a fight at the popular market, while some scampered for safety over the fear of reprisals.

The Defence Headquarters, and the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Onyema Nwachukwu could not be reached for comments as of press time.

A source present at the scene of the pandemonium said the fight occurred over the sale of a mobile phone.

“There’s a problem at Banex now. Some soldiers came to complain about a phone, and during an argument with the traders, a fight ensued,” the witness said.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Benett Igweh has deployed officers of the FCT Intelligence Response Team to the scene of the incident.