OAU student falls inside soakaway, dies.

Miss Ajibola Ayomikun, a 200-level student of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has been confirmed dead after falling inside a soakaway in BVER, one of the private hostels in the students’ village.

Confirming the news to newsmen, the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju described the incident as unfortunate.

“When the news got to us, we immediately mobilised the emergency responders from the University, Osun State, and the OAU Teaching Hospital who through concerted efforts got the student out.

“She was immediately taken to the OAU Teaching Hospitals Complex where she was certified dead,” Abiodun said.

In a subsequent statement, the Vice-Chancellor of OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede was said to have led a team of the University management to the scene of the incident, sympathised with the students and commiserated with the parents of the deceased.

Ogunbodede who described the incident as “tragic and unacceptable”, promised to “critically look into the circumstances that led to the student’s death and mete out appropriate sanctions against those involved or whoever is found culpable”, promised that the University was going to look into the cause of the incident, mete out appropriate sanctions against those involved or whoever is found culpable”.