OAU Hands Over Students Accused of Lynching Colleague

The management of OAU, Osun State, says it has handed over suspects accused of the murder of a final-year student of the institution, Okoli Aishe to the police.

The Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju stated this in an interview with journalists at Ile-Ife.

He said the Vice-Chancellor, Simeon Bamire, and the entire community were saddened over the murder of the student.

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The spokesman stressed that the suspects should have adhered to the constitutional provisions and the university’s regulations rather than taking the law into their hands.

Olarewaju further said the university had set up a committee to unravel the circumstances leading to the gruesome murder of the student.

Aishe, a final-year student of the Civil Engineering Department was clobbered to death in a mob action after some students accused her of cell phone theft.