Final Year Student Beats  To Dealth For Theft

By; Umar Abdulrahmon

final-year undergraduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been mobbed to death on campus over alleged theft of phone.

The nation reporters report that the deceased, whose name was yet to be known, was beaten to death by an angry mob on Monday.

The incident was said to have happened in the Awo Hall of residence Obafemi Awolowo’s University

The deceased was rushed to the Emergency Medicine Department of OAU Teaching Hospital on Tuesday afternoon after he started experiencing excruciating pain owing to the assault he suffered but was confirmed dead at the hospital yesterday.

Confirming the incident, the President, Great Ife Students’ Union, Festus Olayiwole, described the final year student’s death as sad, saying arrests and prosecution of those connected with the mob action were ongoing.

Olayiwole announced immediate suspension of activities on Executive Council of Awo Hall till police conclude investigation into the matter.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of OAU, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, who confirmed the incident, said: “The management will make its position known concerning that, we are still trying to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of the student.”