The management of Yaba College of
Technology (Yabatech) on Thursday announced a four-week mourning of the late
Miss Comfort Dazan, a final-year HND student who died in the early hours of
Wednesday.
A statement issued on Thursday by the
spokesman of the College, Mr Charles Oni, directed all the students’ resident
on campus to vacate the premises with immediate effect.
"The Academic Board of Yaba
College of Technology (Yabatech) has suspended academic activities in the
college for four weeks to allow management, staff and students mourn the loss
of Miss Comfort Dazan, who passed on yesterday morning.
"To forestall further
destruction of College property, students are to vacate halls of residence
latest by 12 noon, Thursday, February 11, 2016."
It was gathered that students
protesting the death of Dazan had on Wednesday night destroyed some of the
facilities at the school's Medical Centre.
"Management has pledged to
attend to other issues and requests by students in due course," the
statement said further.
Even though the students believed Dazan's
death could have been avoided if officials at the Medical Centre had given her
adequate care, the college management maintained that Dazan's death came as a
result of a crisis she suffered as "a Sickle Cell Anaemia patient".
According to Mr Oni, "The late
Dazan’s crisis relapsed around midnight and her room mates rushed her back to
the medical centre where precautionary medical attention was given to her,
pending referral to Federal Medical Centre at Ebute Metta as soon as day
breaks.
"Students immediately cashed in
on the death of the late Dazan to engage in opportunistic clamour for the
extension of the semester. They demanded for the extension of the semester for
two weeks."
Source: Tribune
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