“Thunder” kills the student of Covenant University on Campus

An engineering student at Covenant University, Cu, Ota, Ogun State, Mori Nwense Daniel, died while playing football with some of his colleagues.

Mori died on Saturday after being hit by Lightning, while playing football with some colleagues in the university playing field.

However, his death aroused condemnation in some neighborhoods due to the alleged delay in giving him the accident immediately medical assistance.

According to some witnesses, instead of bringing him straight for medical care, the University staff, whose attention was attracted to the accident, began to pray for him before taking him to the medical center, which was a little late.

A report by Saturday Vanguard mentioned a parent, who craved anonymity, for saying: “Imagine that the shepherds pray for an alleged student affected by the thunder instead of bringing him to the clinic or in the hospital when his companions asked for help. My second son was there and I know what I went to resist their claim/ insults for four years.”

The development also attracted enormous comments on social media, with many condemns and accusing the University of having always tried to hide these problems.

On Instagram, for example, Campusgiant has published: “The University of Covenant is crying the loss of a student, mortar, who died tragically after being hit by lightning while playing football in the rain on June 7.

Posts on social media of witnesses claim a delayed and inadequate emergency response with concerns about the availability of essential medical equipment on the campus.

The accident triggered dissemination requests for better student health care and best emergencies preparations. Morti is remembered as a vibrant young man, whose life was interrupted too early. The community continues to suffer asking for responsibility and change. “

Likewise, some commentators on X previously Twitter, the attempts have denounced the accident.

David @Afrogadd wrote “Covenant University always covers the death of students and, in many cases, are accomplices of the cause of death”.

Vicki @ceotbk also wrote “A student (now dead) has been hit by Lightning and the school is trying to cover it because of their medical negligence”.

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Commenting on the question, the National President of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, Napan, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, described the accident as unfortunate.

“We commission with the university authorities and the family of the deceased student. We cannot say that it was someone who knocked down the thunder. The thunder strike happens all over the world especially during the rainy season. We all played in the rain in those days, but we must tell our children the dangers in this.

“Whether it’s a primary or secondary school not to talk about a university, each school should have emergency room structures on the ground. When we were growing, if I am not mistaken, each class had a first aid box, even at the level of elementary school. This is necessary because medical emergencies can take place at any time. The administration of the first aid treatment can save souls. We must seriously take the well -being of our children,” he said.

At the time of the press, the management of Cu did not react to development.

The calls to the head of the multimedia unit, who Omoniwu were bounced or not answers. Even the messages sent to her through text and on WhatsApp there were no answers. In the meantime, Mori was buried on Tuesday.

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