FUTA students protest death of colleague

Tamarauemi Ebimini

Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) on Friday, August 25, staged a peaceful protest after the death of a 500-level student identified as Akeredolu Clinton Ayomide

Ayomide had died few hours after he was rushed to the school medical centre.

The protesting students said that negligence and lack of basic amenities at the health centre caused the death of Ayomide.

They blocked the Akure-Owo-Ilesha highway and caused vehicular traffic on the highway.

One of the protesters said: “The student (Ayomide) had slumped while in his hostel (Akindeko Hall of Residence) and was rushed to the University Health (a proposed University Teaching Hospital), due to the lack of basic amenities, he lost his life at the university clinic.

“We rushed the guy to the health center around 8:30 pm. When we got there, there was power outage, and throughout the oxygen set up, CPR and injections they gave him, the light wasn’t restored. We had to use our flashlights. It was difficult to believe that there’s no back up power supply in the”

“Also, Sequel to this incident earlier yesterday, the health center refused to attend to another student, a former FUTASU Vice President who was in a critical condition and needed emergency attention because she wasn’t with her ID CARD and the Health Center Director said students should do their worst when accosted.

The spokesman for the institution, Adegbenro Adebanjo, said doctors at the health centre recorded that Ayomide was brought in dead.

He said the protest was not directly related to the death of the student.

Adebnjo said: “The management in the course of the meeting with the students directed that immediate remedial measures be taken to address the lacuna and other issues raised by the students.

“The corrective measures  will be reviewed from time to time to ensure that they are being implemented to the letter and satisfaction of the students .