A reckless driver, on Thursday, August 22, 2024, killed a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in the Ile-Ife area of Osun State.

The victim, a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, was said to be going to the OAU campus to submit her project but was knocked down while crossing the road to enter the university.

The incident was confirmed by the institution’s spokesman, 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.

Olarewaju stated: “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.”

OAU final year student dies in accident on campus

Meanwhile, the OAU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adebayo Bamire, has sent a condolence message to the parents of the deceased through the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Adeolu Odedire.

“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 OAU VC also appealed 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”.

The Star