UNILORIN final-year student attacked lecturer in her office
By Dele Moses, Ilorin
A final year student in the Faculty of Life Science of the University of Ilorin, has reportedly beaten a female lecturer, Mrs. Zakariyya, in the faculty to the state of comma.
The victim is said to be the project supervisor of the student.
The student who is simply identified as Captain Walz, was said to have attacked the lecturer in her office after he realized he could not get the lecturer to render for him help to escape the consequence of non-performance of one of his academic obligations.
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He was said to have failed to undergo the compulsory Student Industrial Work Scheme (SIWES) without which he could not have graduated
This, he was said to have sought a cover-up for from the lecturer which he could however not obtain as the lecturer was not ready to render such help.
It was learnt that when the student stormed the office of the lecturer, he first started banging the table before moving closer to the lecturer and started slapping her.
The lecturer was said to have made an attempt to run away from the attack but while doing that fell down and sustained injury in her head.
His attacker was however said to have continued to beat her even when she had fallen down and sustained injury making her to slip into comma before security personnel in the university came to her rescue and arrested the student.
The Director of Information of the University, Mr Kunle Akogun who confirmed the development in a statement, said the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Sulyman Age Abdulkareem had assured that justice would be done in the matter.
The statement reads: “This is to confirm that Mrs. Zakariyyah is now relatively stable and recuperating after the ugly incident of Thursday where she was attacked by a 400L male student.
A visit by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Age AbdulKareem in company of the Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Prof. Oladiji; the Director, University Health Services, Dr. Odunola and a few other staff to the victim and her family this morning, Saturday, 13th November, 2021 confirmed that.
The VC who described the incident as sad and unfortunate, assured that justice shall be done on the matter.
He, however, has ordered proper care of the victim on the bill of the University.
He reiterated his commitment to the welfare of all staff and law abiding students.
