A National Diploma student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, identified as Wumi has reportedly died in her boyfriend’s house over the weekend.
The institution on Monday, demanded a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of a female student.
It was gathered that the year one student of the Department of Mass Communication, died on Saturday after she took ill in her boyfriend’s house in the Igaa area of Iree town.
It was also learnt that the deceased suddenly developed complications and was rushed to a private hospital in Iree, but was rejected.
Wumi reportedly gave up the ghost before she could be moved to another health facility. Her boyfriend had been arrested in connection with the incident.
According to a female student in her department, “Wumi went to her boyfriend’s house in the Igaa area, Iree. She suddenly started foaming in the mouth. She was rushed to a hospital here in Iree, but she was rejected and while being taken to another hospital, she died.
“Her friends reported the matter to the police and some operatives were deployed. They took her body to a morgue in Ikirun. The boyfriend is a student too. He was arrested and taken away by the police,” she said.
The polytechnic spokesperson, Tope Abiola, confirmed the incident, adding that the arrested boyfriend was not a student of the polytechnic.
His words,”We don’t know the cause of the death. We have not been briefed about the cause of the death. The police are still investigating. The school sympathises with the parents of the lady. It is pathetic that such a young girl would die like that.”
