UNN Official Statement On The Road Mishap Involving Some Students

(Information and Public Relations Unit) June 03, 2015.

Press Release


This is to confirm that the ghastly motor accident that occurred at the 9th Mile, Enugu (6pm yesterday) claimed the life of a 3rd level Veterinary Medicine student of the UNN. She has been identified as Anatogu Nkolika Sylvia who hails from Onitsha.

She was one of the three deceased persons whose bodies had been deposited at Our Saviour’s Hospital mortuary by the Police at 9th Mile, assisted by the FRSC personnel.

Information and Public Relations staff, who visited the scene, observed that 2 Peace Mass Transit buses and a tanker were involved in the accident.

The police are continuing with investigations as to the cause of the accident, while the parents and relations of the deceased are pleading for the release of the corpse of their ward.

Meanwhile, the University of Nigeria management commiserates with the deceased student’s relations and other victims of the unfortunate accident.

Okwun Omeaku – Chief

Ag. P.R.O.