The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Osun State, on Thursday, sealed off the amphitheater of the Oduduwa hall of the institution until further notice, following the various degrees of injuries sustained by a few students of the school, when the ceiling of the hall fell off and got them injured.
Tribune Online gathered that the incident which happened in the early hours of the day, reportedly left some of the victims completely unconscious while some sustained injuries and are currently being attended to medically at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC),
Meanwhile, the sad development which has paralysed the academic activities of the institution,forced many lecturers to declare the day as a work free day for students to sympathize with the affected students.
Reacting to the incident, the management, through a press statement made available to newsmen by the school Public Relations Officer, Mr. Biodun Olanrewaju in Osogbo, stated that, “the torrential rainfall of early Thursday morning, accompanied with a whirlwind, which started as students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, were having a lecture, SER to be precise, in the Amphitheatre of the Oduduwa Hall, affected the ceiling of the Amphitheatre as it fell off and injured a few of the students.”
“The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire led other principal officers to the Medical and Health Centre of the University, and ensured that the injured students were given adequate medical attention. ”
According to him,” the Vice-Chancellor also followed two other students, whose cases demanded more medical attention to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), where the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Professor John Okeniyi, physically supervised the proceedings”.
The Vice-Chancellor has, however, appealed for calm and urged students and staff to go about their academic and administrative activities without any form of untoward action.
Meanwhile, the management of the University has sealed off the amphitheatre, the venue of the unfortunate incident, until further notice.
