Edited By Margret Oshinowo
A female student of 400 level in the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, who was declared missing has died in a car accident along Lugbe, Airport Road , Abuja.
Murjanatu, a student of Art Education in the University’s Faculty of Education left her home to school on Friday but her whereabouts were unknown until Monday.
Her death was confirmed by her uncle, Zubairu Yewuti who is the former vice chairman of Kwali area council of the FCT, said,“The family of Murja called me in the afternoon and they confirmed that she died in an accident that occurred along the Lugbe – Airport Road last Friday.
“They visited the mortuary at the University of Abuja, Teaching Hospital where her corpse was found.”
Yewuti disclosed that the deceased’s family had made arrangements to retrieve the corpse of the late student for proper burial.
The accident, which occurred on Friday at 8:34 p.m. was said to have involved a Toyota Sharon bus near the Dunamis Church along the Airport Road.
The bus, which was said to be at high speed, suddenly went up in flames, leaving four persons dead including a female on the spot.
The Lugbe Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Commander Sunday Ajokotola, said, “Before our rescue team arrived at the scene, six people among the 10 inside the bus that sustained burns were rescued by the Air Force personnel who were treated in their hospital.
“Our men arrived at the scene and evacuated the four others including a female that got burnt beyond recognition to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital’s morgue in Gwagwalada on that same Friday night.”
Yewuti, however, On Monday narrated that it was the girl’s parents who called him to know if he knew of her whereabouts.
All effort to get through to her on mobile phone proved abortive.
He said, “It was her parents who called me to find out if Murjanatu came to my place, as efforts to reach her on the phone remained futile since she left home at Piwoyi on her way to school. I told them she didn’t come to my house. I also tried to reach her phone but it was switched off.”
Yewuti said that the family reported to the university management and security agencies about the missing student while pleading with the public to report at the nearest police station if the missing student is found.
When the spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, SP Adeh Josephine was contacted, he said “I will find and then get back to you later.”
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