The authorities of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) are working with the police to unravel the circumstances behind the death of a 300 Level student of Agricultural Engineering in the Institution.
The student, Ridwan Oladipupo was discovered dead on June 25 on a street in Ogbomoso and his body was moved to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital morgue by the police.
LAUTECH, in a statement issued by the Registrar Mrs Olayinka Balogun said it was yet to be officially notified about the death.
The sstatement reads in full:
Re: Death of Mr. Ridwan Oladipupo
The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso has unofficially learnt about the demise of Mr. Ridwan Oladipupo, a
300-level student of Agricultural Engineering in the Institution.
He reportedly left his Off Campus hostel at Lawyer Ahmed Street, Ogbomoso on Tuesday, 24th June, 2025 when he said he was going to study without disclosing where he would be.
On 25th June, 2025, the Acting Dean, Student Affairs received a call from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Owode Division of the
Nigeria Police Force on the discovery of a corpse in front of Nurudeen Grammar School, along Under-G road, Ogbomoso.
Efforts made by the Police and the Dean, Student Affairs to ascertain whether the deceased was a LAUTECH student did not yield much as neither students nor residents of the area could identify the body as at that time.
The Police moved the body to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Mortuary and till that time, no official report had come to the University.
It was gathered that the deceased’s father showed up at his Off Campus hostel on Sunday, 29th June, 2025 accompanied by a Police Officer and occupants of the hostel were interrogated. Till now however, there is still no official representation before the University.
Meanwhile, the matter is before the Owode Division of the Nigerian Police Force and the University will not want to jeopardize Police investigation.
It should also be noted that though the University is non-residential, it has a composition of all security agencies that carry out surveillance operations in the student dominated Off Campus areas, every night.
