Modupe Atanda, a fellow student at Federal University Oye Ekiti who was a nursing department student till her death, was murdered, and the students there have sought justice.
Under the direction of the Students’ Union Government, the students urged the security services to investigate the incident and apprehend those responsible.
The student, who had previously been reported missing, had been discovered dead and buried in a shallow grave adjacent to the university’s Nursing Lecture Theatre, according to information released by the state’s police on Thursday.
“The cause of death and manner in which she died is a thing of great pain to the entire student population in FUOYE,” said FUOYE SUG President Emmanuel Ajayi and Public Relations Officer Elizabeth Akuraku after mourning the deceased student.
The student leaders, in a statement on their social media handle, described their late colleague as “a precious and bright student”.
They said, “We demand justice. While we mourn her sudden loss and pay our last respects to the dead, we hereby charge security operatives in Ekiti State to investigate and bring the perpetrators of this grave crime to book”.
The students said that they visited the morgue and “no part of her body was mutilated contrary to claims and rumour flying around, just as police had made some arrests. We will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice.”
The student leaders, in a statement on their social media handle, described their late colleague as “a precious and bright student”.
They said, “We demand justice. While we mourn her sudden loss and pay our last respects to the dead, we hereby charge security operatives in Ekiti State to investigate and bring the perpetrators of this grave crime to book”.
The students said that they visited the morgue and “no part of her body was mutilated contrary to claims and rumour flying around, just as police had made some arrests. We will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice.”
Earlier, the Police Commissioner in Ekiti State, Dare Ogundare, said that “the Command will do everything possible to unearth the identity of the perpetrator(s) and ensure they are made to face the full wrath of the law”.
Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Ekiti Command, issued a statement on Thursday on behalf of Ogundare, urging everyone to remain calm. He urged anyone with information about the ugly incident to contact the State CIID at (906) 4050086 or (906) 4050086.
The statement added, “Ten suspects are currently in custody undergoing investigation.
“The CP has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200 Level Nursing student of FUOYE, who was declared missing within the school premises on September 5, but found dead in a shallow grave at a distance of about 30 meters behind the Nursing Lecture Hall”.
The university’s registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, acknowledged the death of the student who had been reported missing earlier that day in a communication to FUOYE management.
Ibrahim claimed that word of the student’s death had reached the university’s security team.
He stated, “While the university management condoles with the deceased family and the generality of the university community, particularly our dear students, the management reiterates that investigation is still ongoing in collaboration with national security agencies to get to the root of the sad development and bring to book the culprits.
“We, therefore, appeal to students and all other stakeholders to remain calm.”
