OOU schedules return to classes after student’s death
Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, said lectures and other academic activities were scheduled to resume on Thursday, 12 November, after a two-day suspension. The university suspended classes after a 200-level Business Administration student died on 10 November. IDNN could not verify whether classes had resumed.
The university’s Students’ Union said the student fell from a moving campus shuttle on 10 November. In a statement reported by Channels Television and Punch, the union said passengers had got off the shuttle at the school gate and were preparing to get back on before the incident.
The union alleged that staff at the university health centre asked for the student’s identification card before providing treatment. Punch said it was unable to reach the university’s spokesperson for comment. Any link between the health centre’s response and the student’s death remains unverified. Some students also called for a review of gate checks that require passengers to get off shuttles.
In its statement announcing the suspension, university management conveyed Vice-Chancellor Ayodeji Agboola’s condolences to the family and asked students to respect their privacy. As of 12 November, IDNN could not verify whether the university had opened an inquiry into the shuttle incident or the health centre’s response.
