By Ogenyi Ogenyi, Uyo
Tragedy has engulfed Akwa Ibom state Polytechnic community following the sudden death of a final year Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic Ikot Osurua.
It was gathered that the deceased simply identified as John of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies left the students’ lodge, off campus for Karate training but fainted immediately he he entered the ring.
He was rushed to a private hospital in Ikot Ekpene where he was rejected and referred to General Hospital ,Ikot Ekpene.
An eyewitness and president of Journalism And Media Studies Students Association (JAMSSA) Mr Nsoefen Akpan said the Doctor at General Hospital Ikot Ekpene after close examination pronounced the deceased dead on arrival at the hospital.
Akpan said students rushed to the hospital as they refused to believe the doctors report, took the deceased to church for prayers but to no avail .
” In the church after he was rejected , another spiritualist offered to resuscitate the victim but couldn’t succeed claiming that the deceased has been admitted already in the spirit world
” At this point, we returned the corpse to the mortuary but students were still waiting to see if the colleague was dead.” He said.
Akpan said the Head of Department Dr Inemesit Umoren came to the hospital and address students before they left the hospital while the corpse was deposited in the mortuary as parents were contacted .
“This is a young man that wrote exams last Thursday without any sign of sickness.
“The karate training is what he does every Saturday morning . He is the leader in the training. It surprised all of us how he died suddenly.” He said.
