Students of Ladoke Akinola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso,on Friday shut down the institution over the death of a final year student identified as Asefon Nifemi Benard.
The deceased, who was a student in the Department of Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology, died after falling into a soak-away at his hostel.
It was learnt that Asefon, after falling into a soak away at his hostel along 1500LT, school area, died after a little delay at LAUTECH teaching hospital.
According to a source, the deceased fell into a soak away when he wanted to switch electricity and got paralysed.
Asefon was thereafter rushed to LAUTECH teaching hospital but could not get immediate medical attention, which might have led to his death.
The incident, according to Galaxy, made some aggrieved students shutdown the university, protesting the death of their colleague.
They said he could have been saved if the health institution had taken the case as an emergency and gave him the necessary treatment before asking for the call of Dean of Students Affairs.
The management of the university confirmed the sad incident in a statement signed by the Registrar, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye, on Friday.
The statement noted that the student died off-campus and appealed to the students to remain calm.
But the management of the teaching hospital explained that their request for the Dean of Students Affairs call was to break the news of the student’s death to an elderly person, adding that Asefon was brought in dead.
