Two students of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun in Ogun State, have died after taking a substance suspected to be sniper.
The students believed to be lovers died Sunday night at a private hostel in Ijagun town.
The lady, a 200-level student of Library and Information Science Department, had visited the boyfriend’s room but her anxious roommates decided to check on her at the males hostel, when she tarried in returning to her room hours after, Nation reported.
The roommate narrated that on getting to the male hostel and entering the room, she saw one of them lifeless.
”They were said to be taken to the university’s health centre where a doctor on duty confirmed the female student dead,” the worried roommate said.
The corpse of the lady was deposited at the state–owned hospital, Ijebu – Ode while the unconscious male student was taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu.
It was said that his parents took to him to an emergency ward of the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan, Ogun State.
A source disclosed that the boy had passed on Monday morning.
Confirming the death of the female student, the Public Relations Officer of the TASUED, Mrs. Odubela Ayotunde, condoled with the family.
“We are just trying to do some crosschecking. So, it was the lady that died in the male’s hostel in the night. We learnt that by the time the neighbours raised the alarm, they picked the two of them. The boy was in an unconscious state but the lady was already dead.
“So, the incident didn’t take place at the TASUED’s hostel. It happened in a private hostel in Ijagun town, the neighbouring host community.
“We commiserate with the family of the deceased while we await report of what actually transpired.”
