University declares three days mourning as four die in car crash

The four students died after their bus veered off the road in an attempt to avoid a speedy motorcyclist recklessly driving on the wrong side of the road.

The four victims of the Ondo state deadly crash that claimed the lives of students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, have now been identified.

 On Monday, May 23, while speaking with Sahara Reporters, students of the school reportedly gave the names and information of the deceased students.

One student gave the names of the deceased and department as: (1) Oke Oluwatosin, a 300 Level -Electrical Electronics Engineering Student; (2) Abolarinwa Emmanuel Olaniyi, 500 Level- Electrical Electronics Engineering Student; (3) Olaleye Israel Olumide, a 500 Level- Management Technology Science; (4) Owanuga Olufunke, 500 Level- MicroBiology.

The students tragically lost their lives in a road accident on the Akure-Ilesha expressway in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday.

The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the varsity has declared three days of mourning in honour of the late students.

In a statement signed by the SUG its President, Comrade Olusegun Oladele, the death was described as unfortunate and tragic

Oladele said, “all staff of the Union (tenants) and in extension those selling things on campus are to stay off work during this period of mourning,” warning that “any individual that goes otherwise might not be able to tell the story.”

According to him, the SUG flags within the institution have been lowered at half-mast as part of the activities lined up by the union to pay their respect for the departed students.

The four students died after their bus, with an inscription of the Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF), a student religious body under the affiliate of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), veered off the road in an attempt to avoid a speedy motorcyclist recklessly driving on the wrong side of the road.