The management of the Rivers State University Nkpolu Oroworoko, Port Harcourt has prohibited with immediate effect, undergraduates of the University driving personal cars into the campus between 4pm and 7am.
This follows the tragic killing on Tuesday, of a female student Miss Eno Udoson, a resident of the main campus by two other students in a fatal accident allegedly from reckless driving by two other students of the University.
The victim who was allegedly knocked down and crushed to death by a speeding vehicle in a convoy within the university campus was believed to be in her early 20s.
The incident happened along Road A of the institution, causing panic among students and staff.
Our correspondent gathered that the force of the impact threw the young lady onto the tarred road, causing severe head injuries that resulted in her instant death. Some vehicles in the convoy were said to have fled the scene after the fatal incident.
Sources said university management subsequently sealed all exit points within the campus in an effort to apprehend those involved.
It was further gathered that operatives of the Nkpolu Divisional Police Headquarters, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Henry Ogbuefi, working alongside the university’s security team, later arrested two suspects identified as Onunaka K. and Daniel Ikechi, drivers of a Toyota Camry Spider and a Mercedes-Benz E300 respectively, who were said to be students of the institution.
The body of the deceased was later recovered and deposited in a mortuary, while the suspects were taken into custody at the Nkpolu Divisional Police Headquarters in Mile 3, Diobu, for further investigation.
A press statement signed by Dr. Idanyingi I. Daminabo, Acting Registrar of the University identified the two driver-students as Darlington Kosi Onaku of the Department of Development and Communication Studies and Obinna Daniel Ikechi of the Department of Computer Science saying that they had been arrested and handed over to the police further investigation and prosecution.
He listed other measures by the management of the University to curb future accidents to include:
“Undergraduate students who bring personal vehicles to the university must park them at the designated car park near the main entrance of the University and make use of the authorized University shuttle services within the campus;
“Postgraduate and Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) students shall only be permitted to drive personal vehicles within the campus upon presentation of valid University identity cards;
“Any student found engaging in reckless driving shall be suspended and subjected to appropriate disciplinary action, in addition to having their cars impounded;
“The approved speed limit for all drivers on campus is 30km/h on major roads and 20km/h within residential areas.
The management extended its heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the victim.
