OAU student electrocuted while retrieving football from nearby compound

A Distant Learning Student (name withheld) in the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been confirmed the dead after he was electrocuted while trying to retrieve a ball from a compound.

The deceased, according to the school’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju, was playing a football match with his colleagues when the ball went into a compound.

However, the student, in the course of retrieving the ball,  got electrocuted after touching a live wire on his way out.

“It is unfortunate that we recorded an incident that was not too palatable yesterday where we lost a prominent youngster. One of our CDL students who was aspiring to come to the university after the completion of the programme.

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“Report had it that they were playing football in the evening and the ball fell into a compound that was fenced and unknown to the young boy, he jumped into the fence because he was the one that played the ball into the compound and it was a rule that anybody who played the ball into the compound will go to retrieve it.

“In compliance with the rule, the boy went in there and we were told that that was the first time the boy would play with them. So, he went in there, retrieved the ball, and threw it out to his colleagues, but when he wanted to come out, he climbed the fence but unknowingly put his hand in a life wire and got electrocuted.

“It was when his colleagues felt he should have come back to the pitch that they went to check and saw that he was there shivering. They rushed to him, one of them picked a stick and removed the life wire from his hand, and rushed him to the facility at the Center for Distance Learning in the university.

“They said he was brought in dead and they took him to another hospital where they said the boy was already dead. The Director of the CDL, Professor Femi Koya had already contacted the parents to relate the unfortunate incident to them. We are sincerely sorry for what happened, and we pray that God Almighty will grant the parents, the university, his friends, and colleagues the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.” Olanrewaju said.

OAU student electrocuted while retrieving football from nearby compound

Bomb blast: Senator Ndume visits victims at hospital, offers financial support

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, on Sunday paid a sympathy visit to victims of the recent bomb blast that occurred along the Maiduguri-Damboa Road.

The lawmaker visited those who sustained various injuries and are currently receiving treatment at State Specialists Hospital in Maiduguri. Most of the victims are members of his constituency.

The tragic incident, which occurred last Saturday at about 11:30 am, was reportedly carried out by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) along the route. The attack claimed several lives and left many injured.

Accompanied by key stakeholders from Borno South, Senator Ndume expressed deep concern over the resurgence of such deadly attacks in the region.

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While interacting with victims and their families, he reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring the matter receives urgent attention at the federal level.

“This is a tragic reminder of the security challenges we still face. However, the government is doing everything humanly possible to prevent future occurrences and secure our communities.

“Let me commend Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, who has since visited the victims at the treatment units in the hospital where he ordered their free medical care.

“ I want to use this opportunity to sympathize with families of those who lost their lives in the incident, and we pray for their souls to have Aljanatul Firdaus”, Ndume stated.

During the sympathy visit, the Senator gave each victim financial support, including other patients admitted to the female and male wards of the facility.

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Tinubu not in France for medical attention –  Presidency

The presidency on Sunday refuted claims that President Bola Tinubu left the shores of the country to see doctors in France, insisting that it was a working visit.

During a guest appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, clarified that President Tinubu’s trip to France was for medical treatment, contrary to claims made by activist and politician Omoyele Sowore.

Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria in ‘about a fortnight’, according to his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga.

He wrote, “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fled Nigeria again to France for medical care, although some liars in his office claim he is on a working visit.

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“It is troubling to know that approximately 200 million Nigerians may be repeatedly subjected to misinformation disseminated daily, and they, in turn, do nothing to liberate themselves.”

In reaction, Bwala defended his employer, saying there was no iota of truth in the claim.

He said, “The president’s trips to France are not related to medical. Have you not seen him receiving people? I mean, there has been information about him receiving people.

“The president did not go to see a doctor. He was on a working visit and we have been publishing his activities.”

Tinubu not in France for medical attention –  Presidency