The campus community at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) is in mourning over the drowning of a 400-level student.
The deceased student, Damilola Balogun, a final-year student of adult education, died on September 19 at Museyo Beach in Ijebu-Lekki.
Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, UNILAG spokesperson, confirmed the development to TheCable on Monday.
Multiple accounts of the incident purported that the student was attempting a backflip stunt when he was swept away by the beach waves.
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Candlelight processions, it is understood, will be held in his honour on September 23, at the faculty of education, by 6 pm.
The deceased student was elected the president of the Nigerian University Education Students Association (NUESA) UNILAG chapter after serving as the vice president of the association.
Reacting to the news of his death, Peter Oyewole, ex-president of NUESA UNILAG, said, “my feeling died with him.”
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Ayomide Adegboro, president-elect of the Communication Students’ Association (COMSA), described Balogun as a person who has a jovial spirit and is always willing to serve.
“Confirming his death from the dean of the education faculty really struck me. I’ve heard so much about the impact he has made on the faculty,” he said.
“I was still in a meeting with him last week; he had a jovial spirit and was really willing to get to work and serve alongside other faculty presidents. May his soul live on.”
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