Tragically, another female student from the University of Port Harcourt has been discovered deceased in her apartment in Aluu, situated in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The student, known as Adaeze, was a 200-level undergraduate majoring in Accounting.
Her lifeless body was found last Friday in her off-campus residence in Aluu, a community adjacent to the university.
As of Monday, the cause of Adaeze’s death remains unknown. This unfortunate incident follows closely on the heels of another grim discovery just two weeks prior.
In that instance, the decomposed body of Justina Otuene, a 300-level undergraduate studying Biochemistry, was found in the residence of her alleged ex-lover, Damian Okoligwe, along NTA Road in Ozuoba, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
The circumstances surrounding Adaeze’s death are reminiscent of the recent tragedy involving Justina.
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, Chima Wokocha, said the lifeless body of the student was found in her off-campus residence and brought to a health facility in the school by some of her neighbours.
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 incident.
He stated, “Her body was brought to the Chief Lulu-Brigss Health Centre by people who live around her in her lodge.
“She didn’t die in the university hostel. She died in her off-campus residence in Aluu and the scene of the crime was visited by the management of the university, including my humble self.
“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 that investigation has commenced to ascertain the circumstances leading to her death.
Iringe-Koko stated, “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 an insecticide 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. “
