A fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nwankwo Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, has died during a robbery prank by an undergraduate of the school.
The management of the university has confirmed the death and arrest of the prankster.
The incident, said to have occurred on June 9, 2024, also led to a friend of Miracle, simply identified as Peace, sustaining injuries.
She was on a moving tricycle with her friend when a fellow passenger ordered them to give him their phones.
While trying to escape, Miracle jumped out of the tricycle and hit her head on the road and by the time she was rushed to the hospital, she had died.
Her friend, who also jumped out of the tricycle sustained injuries and she is still in hospital.
The spokesperson for the school, Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the case and noted that the prankster, a final-year student of the school, would face disciplinary measures after Miracle had been buried.
He said, “The university is fully aware of the incident. It was not a robbery but a very expensive prank. The students were told to bring their phones but they didn’t know it was a prank. So, they jumped, one died and one survived.
“The families of the victims and that of the final-year student who pranked the victims have held a meeting with us and it was established that it was a prank.
“The families have reached some agreement and we want the process of the burial to take place before the student that pranked them will face disciplinary measures.
“It was an unfortunate incident; the school regrets it, the student who pranked them regrets it and the family of the concerned student will take responsibility for the funeral of the dead victim and the hospital bill of the other student. We use this opportunity to warn students to avoid expensive pranks that lead to death, the person will face the music.”
