Barely two weeks after Deborah Odunayo, an Education student of the University of Ibadan(UI) was crushed to death by a bank vehicle, the university community has again been thrown into mourning with the death of a Civil Engineering student last week.


Mohammed Bankole, 400-Level student, diedafter he was struck by unknown ailment. He gave up the ghost at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.


Before he breathed his last, Mohammed was said to have sat for an examination, which hemanaged to write in the institution’s health centre.
The late Mohammed was described as a“reserved person” by his friend, Habeeb Kolade, 400-Level Mechanical Engineering.
Oluwasegun Oyeleye, the deceased’s classmate, described the late Mohammed as “cool-headed and quiet”.

He said: “Mohammed was a quiet student and he never had issues with anybody. He will be greatly missed.” Another classmate, Dennis Popoola, described the deceased as intelligent and calm.
The remains of the late Mohammed have since been interred in his Ota home, Ogun State.

When CAMPUSLIFE (School Tabloid) visited Civil Engineering Department, the members of staff and students gathered to discuss the incident, with many of them praying that premature death be put to end in the school.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/tragedy-as-400-level-ui-student-die-during-examination/