Academic activities were disrupted on Monday on
the campus of the Federal University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta, Ogun State, as hundreds of students of the
institution protested the death of their colleague,
Maria Atere.
The students, who were led by the Chairman of
National Association of Nigerian Students in Ogun
State, Dotun Opaleye, blocked the entrance of the
school, as early as 6am.
During the protest, which lasted for about two hours,
the students accused the medical personnel of the
institution of negligence, which according to them,
led to the death of the student.
Our correspondent gathered that Maria, a 400-Level
student of Plant Physiology and Crop Production, lost
her life on Sunday while she was heading for the
campus on a commercial motorcycle, popularly
known as okada.
It was learnt that the motorcycle had a head-on
collision with a car some metres away from the
premises of Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development
Authority, Alabata in Odeda Local Government area
of the state.
Opaleye, while addressing journalists shortly after
the protest at Iwe Iroyin, Oke Ilewo area of
Abeokuta, said the accident occurred around 7pm.
He said the girl would have been saved if the
medical personnel had released the ambulance to
convey the injured student to the Federal Medical
Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.
Opaleye added that the late Atere had a fracture on
her skull and was immediately rushed to a nearby
private hospital while some students went to the
school to request for ambulance to convey her to
FMC.
He alleged that the request was turned down.
He added, “The President of Students Union
Government of the institution, Segun Dennis, went
to the health centre, located in the school premises,
to request for the ambulance but, he was denied.
They told him to bring the girl to the school clinic.
“The lady was bleeding seriously and for two hours,
the medical personnel did not release the
ambulance and later we got a referral, and we had to
take her to the FMC with the union bus.
“On getting to the hospital, the doctor told us that
she had died and we became devastated. That was
the reason we embarked on the protest.”
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