The Authority of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), has shut down the institution and directed the students to vacate the campus immediately.
This decision was taken following students agitation as a result of a ghastly accident that occurred in front of the school, which claimed the lives of some students of the institution.
The accident, which occurred around 6pm on Saturday January 23, 2021, claimed the lives of about nine people, among were three siblings.
According to a circular issued and signed by the acting registrar of the institution, Mr Opeoluwa Akinfenwa, the school was closed on Sunday January 24, 2021, with immediate effect.
The circular read: “Further to our circular of Saturday, January 23, 2021 and the attendant protest by students on Sunday, January 24, 2021, the acting Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin Univeristy, Akungba Akoko, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, on behalf of the Senate, has directed that the university be closed with immediate effect until further notice. All students are therefore advised to vacate the campus latest by 6pm today, Sunday, January 24, 2021”.
