The management of the Osun State University, UNIOSUN, has announced that five of its students lost their lives in a fatal motor accident on Sunday.
The University Public Relations officer, Ademola Adesoji, in a statement issued on Monday, said the accident occured around Balogun Area, before Unity School in Ikire, Irewole local government area of Osun State.
Adesoji said the accident involved a luxurious bus traveling from Ibadan and an 18-passenger bus from Osogbo resulted in multiple fatalities including five UNIOSUN students.
He also revealed that reports from the Nigerian Police and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, stated that the accident was caused by the head-on collision of the two buses, leading to a severe impact that claimed the lives of several passengers.
The name of the students involved in a gashly accident are; Olagbemide Dotun, a 200-level student of Software Engineering, Suleiman Farouq Adedayo, a 400-level student of Law, Ogundare Pelumi, a 300-level student of Public Health, Ogundare Elijah, a 100-level student of Mechanical Engineering, Olawuyi Mary, a 200-level student of Nursing.
Ademola stressed that one of the students, Olagbemide Damilola, a 200-level student of Medicine and Surgery, survived the accident currently receiving medical attention.
The university management extend heartfelt condolences to the grieving families and pray that they find strength and solace in this moment of grief.
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