Tragedy struck in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State as another female student of the University of Port Harcourt was found dead in her apartment.
It was learnt that the deceased was a 200-level undergraduate of Accounting simply identified as Adaeze.
The cause of death of Adaeze, whose lifeless body was found on Friday, in her off-campus residence in Aluu, could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report on Monday.
This came barely two weeks after the decomposing body of a 300-level undergraduate of Biochemistry, Justina Otuene, allegedly killed by her ex-lover identified as Damian Okoligwe was found in the latter’s residence along NTA Road, Ozuoba in Obio/Akpor LGA.
Okoligwe, a 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering also in UNIPORT has since been arrested by the police.
The Dean of Student Affairs, UNIPORT, Chima Wokocha, while reacting to the latest development said the deceased’s neighbours rushed her to a health facility in the school when her lifeless body was found.
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The Dean disclosed that the parents of the late female undergraduate had been notified of the incident.
He stated, “Her body was brought to the Chief Lulu-Brigss Health Centre by people who live around her in her lodge.
“She didn’t die in the university hostel. She died in her off-campus residence in Aluu and the scene of the crime was visited by the management of the university, including my humble self.
“The police were there with us also. We acknowledge the fact that she had taken a substance and passed out because there was a bottle of a substance that was found by her side.
“The parents have come there and I think they are making arrangements to take the body.”
Contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she was driving to the office and promised to give feedback to our correspondent afterwards.
Iringe-Koko had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report on Monday afternoon.