FUOYE Declares Lecture-Free Day As Truck Crushes Student To Death

The management of the Federal University of Oye (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has expressed their sadness at the death of an undergraduate student crushed by a truck on Friday, December 16, 2022.

Reports obtained by Naija News on Saturday (today) revealed that a loaded truck rammed into a first-year student of the Department of Quantity Survey, Taiwo Gbolahan, on Friday morning.

The incident, according to reports, happened along the Ikole-Oye highway in the state. The student was reportedly rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti for emergency treatment, but eventually gave up the ghost.

A statement issued by the school management, declared a lecture-free day at the varsity to pay last respect to the youth.

The statement made available to newsmen revealed that the hospital bill and treatment for the deceased were shouldered by the varsity.

The university’s Dean of Student Affairs, Prof Dosu Malomo, regretted the death of the student, noting that Gbolahan died in the theatre where he was being attended to by the doctors on the ground.

The school condolence message issued on Saturday by Wole Balogun, the Special Adviser on Media Matters to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, read: “The University has received the sad news of the loss of one our students in a ghastly motor accident on Ikole-Oye highway today. This is despite the spirited and prompt efforts of the Directorate of University Medical Services to render help and convey the student to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido, for comprehensive attention.

“Immediately the news got to the University management that the accident occurred, we sent an ambulance and logistics to admit the deceased at Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti.

“His parents were informed and his daddy was at the hospital, the University shouldered the hospital bill and treatment for him began earnestly, it was when he was in the theatre that the unfortunate happened.

“The Vice-Chancellor and the entire University send their condolences for this unfortunate loss.

“Consequently, I wish to declare that Saturday, December 17, is hereby declared a lecture free-day as a mark of respect for the lost soul.”

The VC further urged the university community to remain calm and engage in lawful activities.