UNIPORT Student Found Dead in Hostel Room, Poisonous Substance besides her Body
A 200 level female student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has been found dead in her hostel’s room off the campus of the institution in the Rivers State Capital.
The incident occurred last Friday at the off campus hostel at Aluu in the Ikwere Local Government Area.
After she could not be found, the management of the institution, her parents and a police team tracked her to the off campus hostel and forced the door open.
They found her dead with a bottle of substance suspected to be insecticide lying beside her body.
The university’s dean of student’s affairs, Professor Chima Wokocha, identified the student as Adaeze, and said her body had been deposited at the Lulu Briggs Hospital’s Morgue.
The incident was reported a week after a male student of the university, Demian Okoligwe allegedly killed a female colleague, Justina Otuene for an alleged money ritual.
Okoligwe, a 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering also in UNIPORT, has since been arrested by the police.
Speaking on the latest incident, the Dean of Student Affairs, UNIPORT, Prof. Chima Wokocha, said the lifeless body of the student was found in her residence and brought to a health facility in the school by some of the deceased’s neighbours.
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He stated, “Her body was brought by the Chief Lulu-Briggs Health Centre by the people who lived around her lodge.
“She didn’t die in the university hostel. She died in her off-campus residence in Aluu and the scene of crime was visited by the management of the university, including my humble self.”
Wokocha said the management of the institution and the police had visited the scene of the incident, adding that the parents of the late female undergraduate had also been notified of the unfortunate incident.
According to him, “The police were there with us also. We acknowledge the fact that she had taken a substance and passed out because there was a bottle of a substance that was found by her side.
“The parents have come there and I think they are making arrangements to take the body.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident, saying investigation had commenced to ascertain the circumstances leading to her death.
She said, “The Divisional Police Officer said a landlord came to report that he saw his tenant on the ground.
“So, the DPO went there, they saw foam coming out from her nose and mouth and they also saw sniper close to her (the student).
“So, they rushed her to the hospital where she was confirmed dead. Investigation is ongoing to find out the circumstances leading to her death.”
