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How Sniper Killed Two Students Of TASUED
- On getting there, the roommate saw them lifeless.
Tai Solarin University of Education(TASUED) Ijagun in Ogun State has lost two students to the cold hands of death.
A female student and her male colleague have died after they accidentally took a substance presumed to be sniper.
The names of the affected students are yet to be ascertained but it was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday night at a private hostel in Ijagun town.
The female student a 200 level student of Library and Information Science department, TASUED, had gone visiting the male student but when she didn’t return to her room on time, her worried roommate decided to check on her at the male’s hostel.
On getting there, the roommate saw them lifeless.
They were taken to the University’s health centre where the doctor on duty confirmed the female student dead on arrival.
The corpse of the lady was deposited at the state – owned hospital, Ijebu – Ode while the unconscious male student was taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital(OOUTH), Sagamu.
It was later learnt his parents took to him to an emergency ward of the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan, Ogun State.
However unofficial source said the male student had passed on on Monday morning with sniper also suspected.
Public Relations Officer of the TASUED, Mrs. Odubela Ayotunde, confirmed the death of the female student and commiserated with the family.
She said: “We are just trying to do some cross – checking. So, it is the lady is the one that died in the male’s hostel in the night.
“We learnt that the guy by the time the neighbours raised the alarm, they picked the two of them, the guy was in an unconscious state but the lady was already dead.
” They rushed both to the University health centre and then to general hospital Ijebu – Ode where the corpse of the lady was deposited while the guy was rushed to OOUTH but it was learnt that his father expressed the rights to take his son to the Babcock University hospital and he was obliged.
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“So, the male student is still on admission at the hospital. The incident didn’t take place at the TASUED’s hostel. It happened in private hostel in Ijagun town, the neighbouring host community.
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“We commiserate with the family of the deceased while we await report of what actually transpired,” as she refused to comment on the suspicion of sniper as the cause.
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