The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has announced the tragic death of a final year student, Esu Ema, from the Department of Foreign Languages.
The incident occurred on Thursday when Ema was knocked down and killed by a Lexus car with number plate ABJ 427 LQ driven by Lasisi Sodiq near the campus gate.
According to a release by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, the deceased student, with matriculation number FRM/2019/041, was on her way to submit her final year project to her supervisor when the accident happened.
She was crossing the Ife-Ibadan Road near the campus gate, a route familiar to students and staff, when the vehicle struck and killed her.
“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, adding, “The Lord will give us all the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.”
