Some students of Obafemi Awolowo University ((OAU), who were attending SER Class in the Amphitheatre were seriously injured when the ceiling of the building collapsed and were rushed to the institution’s Health Centre.
PrimeStar News is yet to know the number of affected students. Still, it was gathered that two of the students whose situation is critical have been taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC).
In a swift reaction, the institution explained that the torrential rainfall of early Thursday morning, accompanied by a whirlwind, which started as students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, were having a lecture, SER to be precise, in the Amphitheatre of the Oduduwa Hall, affected the ceiling of the Amphitheatre as it fell off and injured a few of the 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, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that the Vice-Chancellor also followed two other students, whose cases demanded more medical attention at 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.
