The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has reported a sad event involving its students.
Mr Kunle Akogun, the Director of Corporate Affairs at Unilorin, shared the news with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
On Thursday, a minibus carrying ten passengers from the university was involved in a serious accident. Sadly, one student died in this incident. Mr Akogun said, “Unfortunately, one of the victims was brought in dead; the body has been transferred to the morgue, and the university management is making efforts to contact the next of kin.”
The university acted quickly to help those involved. “As soon as it occurred, the university management immediately commenced rescue operations, and all the victims were moved to the University Health Centre to be attended to by a team of medical personnel,” Mr Akogun explained.
Of the other passengers, four students with minor injuries were treated and sent home. Five others, including the driver, are still being cared for at the University Health Centre. One student needed more advanced treatment and was taken to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).
Mr Akogun expressed the university’s sorrow over this tragedy, saying, “The management regrets this unfortunate incident, condoles with the family of the deceased, and prays God to comfort the family, while we pray for a quick recovery of the injured victims.”
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