The management of the Federal University of Oye, Ekiti
State, has declared a lecture-free day over the death of a first-year student
of the Department of Quantity Survey.
The student identified as Taiwo Gbolahan was reportedly
crushed to death by a heavy truck along the Ikole-Oye highway in the state on
Friday morning.
The university’s Dean of Student Affairs, Prof Dosu Malomo,
while confirming the incident noted that Gbolahan died in the theatre where he
was being attended to by the doctors on the ground.
The dean, however, declared a lecture free-day as a last
respect for the lost soul.
The declaration was contained in a statement issued on
Saturday by Wole Balogun, the Special Adviser on Media Matters to the
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, titled “Condolence Message And
Lecture Free Day,” which was obtained by SaharaReporters.