Management Shut Down OAU, Ask Students To Vacate Halls Of Residence
Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State have closed down the institution until further notice following persistent protests by students over the death of a final year student of the institution.
The student, Adeyemi Omowumi Aishat, a 400 Level student of the Department of Foreign Languages of faculty of Arts died at Seventh Day Adventist Hospital on Thursday after an illness.
Students of the institution however attributed the death of Aishat to negligence on the part of workers of the Health Centre of the institution and therefore embarked on protest on Friday.
A release by the public relations officer of the institution, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju stated that on Tuesday, 28th September 2021, the deceased reported to the Health Centre with signs and symptoms of a severe infection adding that she was promptly treated with some drugs prescribed and asked to report back as an out-patient.
“She reported back to the Health Centre in the morning of Thursday, 30th September, 2021. Upon examination, she was referred to the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital for further management where she regrettably died on Thursday 30th September, 2021”.
Olarewaju said that the Management understands the grief resulting from the untimely death within the community and sympathises with the parents, friends, colleagues and the entire students of the University on the sad loss but condemns in strong terms the continuous and uncontrolled protests by the students culminating in unbridled brigandage.
According to him, having exhausted all necessary avenues to call the students to order and allow normalcy to return to the campus and its environs, the authorities have accordingly closed down the School until further notice to forestall further breakdown of law and order.
“In view of this, all students are hereby directed to vacate their halls of residence and the Campus latest by 12:00 noon on Saturday, 2nd October, 2021.
“Consequently, the swearing-in of the newly elected Students’ Union officials has been put on hold, pending a review of the situation.
“In the meantime, the University management has put in place the machinery to unravel the circumstances surrounding the immediate and remote cause(s) of the crisis, the statement concluded.