The student fell into the septic tank of the hostel through an opening that was allegedly not properly covered.
The State Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigerian Police Command, Osun State, has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ajibola Heritage, a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
A spokesperson for the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, in a statement described the incident as tragic, devastating, unfortunate, and unacceptable.
According to him, late Heritage, who resided in one of the university’s private hostels, BVER, fell into the septic tank of the hostel through an opening that was allegedly not properly covered.
Meanwhile, the owner of the private hostel, where the incident occurred, has been queried by the university management and his response is being awaited.
All the hostels in the students’ village are privately owned and they are not under the control of the university. The university management currently has only oversight functions on these private hostels.
The unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday, February 9, 2022.
Ms Heritage was a part two student of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages.
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