Ibadan Poly Students Shuts Down School Over Death Of Colleague.

 

Uneasy calm pervades the

Polytechnic Ibadan following the

death of a student on Tuesday

morning due to alleged negligence by

staff at the institution ’ s medical

Centre.

The deceased , Akintaro Raphael ,

was said to be an ND 1 part -time

student of Electrical Engineering in

the Faculty of Engineering at the

institution .

The incident led to violent protest by

the students during which facilities

at the health centre were destroyed

and some workers at the health

Centre were beaten up.

According to a source who witnessed

the protest, “ the school management

hurriedly transferred all the patients

from the health centre and locked up

the place. The nurses also fled . They

did that because the students who

were protesting said they were

coming back to set the place on fire .

”

Akinlere Damilare, Students Union

Government ( SUG ) Financial

Secretary , who spoke with an online

news portal said : “ The students

went on the rampage when they

heard that a fellow student died

because they did not attend to him at

the health centre . They went wild

and blocked the Sango-Eleyele road.

”

Damilare further revealed that the

SUG arranged for the body of the

student to be taken to Ogombo

where his parents live for burial .

Academic activities at the institution

were put on hold as the students who

were writing their examinations

were unable to enter the school.

The front gate of the institution was

locked and security was beefed up in

and around the institution.

Source: PmNews