Six UNIZIK Final Year Students, Others Die Within 30 Days

Final year law student, Obi Queen, died on Tuesday 19th August

Something out of the ordinary may be afoot at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, where students are dying at an alarming rate.

Between September 13th and October 11th, no fewer than seven UNIZIK students have died from a number of causes, including accident and brief illnesses.

Of this disturbing number, six are final year students who have written their final exams and can be called graduates, pending the outcome of their examinations and projects.

• Victor Abia, who had just concluded his final papers as a final year student of the Department of Zoology, died on Saturday 13th September 2014. Abia, a singer, dancer and blogger,was reportedly  knocked down by a vehicle. Student Pulse gathered that he had gone to purchase gifts to celebrate the conclusion of his degree exams.
• On the 11th of October to be precise, Onuorah Chinazom, a final year student of the Department of Psychology died.
• Ngananga Chimezie Joseph, 600 level students of the Department of Statistics (C.E.P) died on the
  9th of October 2014 after a brief illness.
• Obi Queen, a final year student of The Faculty of Law, died on the 19th of August 2014 after a brief illness.
• Oguiji Rita and Deborah (no known last name), both final year students of the Department of Cooperative Economics, died in October after concluding their final exams.

Student Pulse gathered that, apart from these six finalists, there have been other student deaths at UNIZIK.

• Raymond Ebuka Raymond, a 200 level Medical Laboratory Science student about to enter his third year, who died in October.

The obituaries, posted on the UNIZIK Facebook community page, elicited various disturbing comments from students of the institution.

As is expected, they are afraid.

"Wat is happening to zikite's finalists? I will successfully fnsh my skulling there, serve my country and move forward in life in JESUS mighty name AMEN.R:I.P d deseized," one of the students, Favor Ifeoma Ekedum commented.

It is high time something is done about this bizarre and unfortunate development.