He was seeking UNILAG admission, says woman whose grandson was killed by neighbour’s water tank

He was seeking UNILAG admission, says woman whose grandson was killed by neighbour’s water tank 

A 20-year-old admission seeker, Jamal Nureni, was crushed to death in his sleep on Saturday in Lagos when a water tank belonging to a neighbour fell and crashed into his bedroom.

According to a Daily Trust report, the incident happened on Alhaji Kazeem Street in the Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos, where the deceased lived with his grandmother, Alhaja Yemisi Odejinmi.

Before his tragic death, Nureni was said to be seeking admission into the University of Lagos to study Engineering.

Nureni was asleep on Saturday, June 17, 2023 when the water-laden tank fell from the neighbours’ compound adjacent to his grandmother’s house.

The tank reportedly landed on the roof and crashed into the room where Nureni slept, smashing his head in the process.

He was said to have been rushed to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.

The bereaved grandmother told Daily Trust that she wanted to get a citizenship confirmation letter for her grandson as part of the requirements for processing his admission.

The old woman said she was preparing to follow him to the palace of a Lagos monarch that Saturday morning to get the letter when the tragedy struck.

“It is a fence separating my house and that of my neighbours. I have been living here for over 40 years. Whenever they pump water and their tank is full, it spills into my compound.

“I have talked to them several times, but they didn’t change and because we are all from the same town (Abeokuta), I decide to let go and always sweep the water,” she narrated.