By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
A Nigerian university graduate ‘Pablo’, of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has been found dead inside a hostel room.
Pablo’s real name was given as Gbenga Moses, and was found dead inside his hotel room in the university town.
Gbenga was said to be waiting for his call-up letter from the National Youths Service Corp (NYSC).
He was suspected to have died of food poisoning.
The remains of the young man, who graduated from the Department of Philosophy, was found unconscious in his room after he failed to come out.
After the alleged food poisoning from an undisclosed restaurant, the deceased and his girlfriend were reportedly rushed to a hospital in Akungba.
According to a source, the young man and his girlfriend were treated at Aduloju Hospital in Iwaro and discharged, but the young man later died.
Another source said the deceased and his girlfriend were treated for typhoid, adding that Gbenga was found dead inside his room after neighbours broke in when he was not seen the next day.
“The moment we noticed he was not responding to calls and knocked on his door, we barged into his room through his window around 11:00 a.m and found him dead. He is a lovely and entertaining person.
“Yesterday, we were made to understand that his girlfriend’s health was critical, but she has been discharged,” the source disclosed.
The source further disclosed that Gbenga was not the first person to complain about food poisoning, saying some few weeks ago, it took God’s intervention to save a student who ate poison in an undisclosed restaurant.
The Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Olusegun Akanbi, who confirmed Gbenga’s death, said the young man died on Sunday morning.
“The Head of the Department of Philosophy just called me and it was discovered that he passed on this morning, and his parents had already come,” he noted.
The spokesman for the institution, Victor Akinpelumi, also informed journalists that a fact-finding committee to unravel the true situation of the incident had been constituted.
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