Panic as collapsed roof injures OAU students during lecture

As students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State, were attending a lecture a SER lecture, to be exact in the Amphitheatre of the Oduduwa Hall, the early Thursday morning’s torrential rain and whirlwind caused the ceiling to collapse, injuring a few 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.

A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that 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, therefore, 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.

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