A 100-level student of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Taiwo Gbolahan, has died while on his way to submit his classmates’ assignment papers.
The deceased was the class governor of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Ikole-Ekiti campus of the university.
According to a source, Gbolahan’s department was meant to submit their MTH 101 assignment by 8 am at the Ikole campus of the institution on that day or be punished.
THE NATION reports that as the class governor, he had to collate his classmates’ assignment papers for submission.
“He boarded a motorcycle to Oye Park in Ikole-Ekiti. He fell while the bike rider was trying to overtake a vehicle.
“After the accident, he was taken to the school clinic, but they did not have the facilities to treat him. Then, he was taken to the hospital in Ido-Ekiti, but couldn’t make it,” the source said.
