Inevitable sadness
befell twelve bereaved families student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU as
three of them and the driver, who lost their lives in an accident along
Sagamu-Benin Expressway, have buried their loved ones.
The family of the driver of the bus, Lukman Adekeye, who was crushed in the accident, was first to collect his body for burial according to Islamic rites.
The family of the driver of the bus, Lukman Adekeye, who was crushed in the accident, was first to collect his body for burial according to Islamic rites.
It was
further gathered that the families of two students, identified as Dare Olatunji
and Aminat Adebayo, who had gone to the school to fill post-UTME form, but died
in the accident on their way back home, have collected their bodies and buried
them.
A container fell off the bed of a truck and landed on a bus,
which was conveying passengers from Lagos Garage, Ijebu-Ode, to Sango-Ota,
leaving all the passengers, except one, dead.
Chairman,
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Ogun State, Okikiola Ogunsola,
described the incident as tragic.
He identified
the victims as Odubanku Oluwadamilola, Political Science (200L), Ogunnoiki
Mariam, History (100L), Aribiola Elizabeth, Bio-Chemistry (100L), Pampam
Latifat, Chemical Science (100L), Asade Ibukun, Law (200L).
Meanwhile,
the Students Union Government, SUG, has declared today as Black Monday in the
school.
The students’
leaders in the state said they had agreed that lectures and other activities be
suspended in all the campuses in the state.
A statement
by the SUG said: “We will be having a candlelight procession for our deceased
colleagues tonight; we are expecting students from other tertiary institutions
across the state to attend.”
Sad Rest in peace
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