Speeding Driver Kills Final Year Student Of OAU

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, announced on Thursday the passing of a final-year student from the Department of Foreign Languages, Esu Ema.

Ema tragically lost her life after being struck by a vehicle driven by Lasisi Sodiq near the university campus.

According to a statement by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, the student, identified by matriculation number FRM/2019/041, was fatally hit by a Lexus car with the license plate ABJ 427 LQ, driven by Sodiq.

Olarewaju added that the incident occurred as the student was crossing the Ife-Ibadan Road near the campus gate, reportedly on her way to submit her final year project to her supervisor.

“The members of the Federal Road Safety Corps came to recover the corpse of the student and deposited same at the mortuary of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex at about 12:35 pm while the officers of the Nigerian Police arrested the driver for investigation and further necessary action,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, the OAU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Simeon Bamire, has sent a condolence message to the parents of the deceased through the Dean of Students Affairs of the university, Prof. Adeolu Odedire.

“It is very sad to lose a domestic animal, how can anyone quantify the loss of a child, most especially a grown-up child who was a young, promising adult with a lot of potential? A final year student for that matter,” the statement quoted Bamire as saying.

He appealed to the parents, siblings, family, friends, and classmates of the deceased to take solace in God, adding, “The Lord will give us all the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.”