University of Ibadan VC explains how student died
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac
Adewole, has given an account of how an undergraduate of the
school, Mayowa Alaran pictured above, died last Thursday
which resulted in major protests in the school. Fellow students
of the deceased had alleged that their colleague who slumped
while watching a match, passed away due to negligence by staff
of the school's medical center.
Speaking with newsmen in the school campus today May 13th,
the Vice Chancellor debunked the students claims. What he said
after the cut...
"He carried out his normal activities earlier on
Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Very early in the day, he
attended the Gymnastics practical with other students in
his Department (7.00 - 9.00 a.m.). He later went to
attend the Induction Programme organized for fresh
students in his department. He attempted to participate
in a football match between his Department of Health
Education and Human Kinetics and the Department of
Library and Archival Studies (LARIS) in the afternoon, but
could not due to the fact that he did not train with his
department's team. He thereafter returned to the faculty
to attend a GES class that held between 4.00 - 6.00p.m.
It was from here that he later returned to Independence
Hall to watch a football match between Barcelona and
Bayern Munich relayed in the Junior Common Room,
JCR. The match started at 7.45 pm that evening. A
generator was used to supply electricity to the JCR due
to power outage that evening. The generator was placed
about 50 meters away from the JCR. The student sat in
the front row and was facing a non-rotating standing fan
in the JCR. At about 30 minutes into the football match, a
student sitting next to him observed that he had slumped
and was motionless.The concerned student promptly
carried him out of the JCR for resuscitation with the
assistance of some medical students around who gave
him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation" he said.
Created at 2015-05-14 05:38:11
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