The academic community at Kogi state polytechnic is grieving once again after the sudden passing of lecturer Anslem Ojodomo, the third of such incident within six weeks.
His death comes barely a month after the loss of another lecturer, Barnabas Akuba, who died in February shortly after completing his PhD programme.
Ojodomo, it was gathered, collapsed on Thursday, March 26, while teaching students.
”The incident occurred during a classroom session. The lecturer suddenly slumped while addressing the students, throwing the class into confusion and panic,” a source within the school said.
”He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent medical attention but was later confirmed dead despite efforts by medical personnel to save his life.”
Concerns are mounting within the institution, as sources revealed that Ojodomo’s death marks the third such incident within six weeks, following the appointment of the Rector, Salihu Sanusi, who assumed office on February 11.
”It is more worrisome that both Anslem and Barnabas died after defending their PhD thesis.
”Anslem was in a meeting some hours before going for the lecture. We cannot imagine that a man who was bubbling and full of life in the meeting is now dead,” a member of staff of the institution stated.
As of the time of filing this report, the management of Kogi state polytechnic had not released any official statement regarding the incident.
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