The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, have disclosed that the institution did not receive any official report concerning the mysterious death of its 300 level Agricultural Engineering student, Ridwan Oladipupo.
According to a Release signed by the Registrar of the Institution, Mrs. Olayinka Balogun, at the time LAUTECH Authority unofficially got hold of the news of the incident, Police investigation had begun on the matter, and the University would not want to jeopardize the Police investigation.
Details of the Release below:
"The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has unofficially learnt about the demise of Mr. Ridwan Oladipupo, a 300-level student of Agricultural Engineering in the Institution.
"He reportedly left his Off Campus hostel at Lawyer Ahmed street, Ogbomoso on Tuesday, 24th June, 2025 when he said he was going to study without disclosing where he would be.
"On 25th June, 2025, the Acting Dean, Student Affairs received a call from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Owode Division of the Nigeria Police Force on the discovery of a corpse in front of Nurudeen Grammar School, along Under-G road, Ogbomoso.
"Efforts made by the Police and the Dean, Student Affairs to ascertain whether the deceased was a LAUTECH student did not yield much as neither students nor residents of the area could identify the body as at that time.
"The Police moved the body to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Mortuary and till that time, no official report had come to the University.
"It was gathered that the deceased's father showed up at his Off Campus hostel on Sunday, 29th June, 2025, accompanied by a Police Officer, and occupants of the hostel were interrogated.
"Till now however, there is still no official representation before the University.
"Meanwhile, the matter is before the Owode Division of the Nigeria Police Force and the University will not want to jeopardize Police investigation.
"It should also be noted that though the University is non-residential, it has a composition of all security agencies that carry out surveillance operations in the student dominated Off Campus areas, every night."
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