A fresh graduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University has loft her life after trying to escape a prankster.
According to reports, the lady, identified as Ifunanya Miracle, popularly known as Bliss was a student of the Department of Quantity Surveying and had tried escape a motorcycle prank on the premises of the school in the Awka area of Anambra State.
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Her friend, identified Peace, a student of the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, who was also involved in the prank.
It was gathered that the prankster had attempted to rob them of their valuables. The duo then jumped out of the moving tricycle, Peace sustained varying degrees od injury and was rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital for treatment. Ifunanya on the other hand smashed her head on the ground and died on the spot.
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The graduate was said to have closed her business for the day on Sunday, June 9, 2024, and boarded a tricycle along with Peace to a destination.
A student who pleaded anonymity said;
“Miracle just graduated from the university and does a Point-of-Sale operation in the school. The incident happened around 7 pm on June 9, 2024. She does her PoS business at the front of my residence.
“She usually packed her business stuff under the staircase in our compound and the stuff is still there. She packed it and put it back there in the evening. But all of a sudden, we just heard that she was dead.
“We were like how; she still dropped her stuff under the staircase of our compound on Monday. From what we gathered, she was on a moving tricycle with her friend when a fellow passenger, ordered them to give him their phones.
“While trying to escape, Miracle jumped out of the tricycle and hit her head on the road and by the time she was rushed to the hospital, she had died. Her friend, who also jumped out of the tricycle sustained injuries and she is still in hospital.”
Speaking on the incident, the spokesperson of the school, Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu said;
“The university is fully aware of the incident. It was not a robbery but a very expensive prank. The students were told to bring their phones but they didn’t know it was a prank. So, they jumped, one died and one survived.
“The families of the victims and that of the final-year student who pranked the victims have held a meeting with us and it was established that it was a prank.
“The families have reached some agreement and we want the process of the burial to take place before the student that pranked them will face disciplinary measures.
“It was an unfortunate incident; the school regrets it, the student who pranked them regrets it and the family of the concerned student will take responsibility for the funeral of the dead victim and the hospital bill of the other student. We use this opportunity to warn students to avoid expensive pranks that lead to death, the person will face the music.”
