A 400-level student from the Faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano, identified as Binta Isa, has reportedly died in the hostel.
The Deputy Registrar, Public Affairs Directorate, BUK, Lamara Garba, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Kano.
Garba said in the statement that the student died on Friday around 7pm, after an illness.
The statement read that available record indicated that the deceased had visited the new campus clinic last week Wednesday complaining of chest pain.
“She was diagnosed and some drugs prescribed for the ailment. The clinic officials revealed that she had responded to the treatment and continued attending her lectures on Thursday and Friday,” it read.
According to it, on November 26, she again complained of the chest pain to her roommates in the evening.
The statement read, “But she managed to perform ablution and prayed the Magrib prayer in the room.”
Her roommates, it stated, were shocked to have come back and met her lying on the floor.
“They raised alarm and she was taken to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, where she was confirmed dead by medical doctors,” it stated.
It stressed that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sagir Adamu-Abbas; Registrar, Malam Jamil Ahmed-Salim; and the Director, Health Services and Security, went to the clinic, adding that the university contacted the family of the deceased.
“The VC, on behalf of the management, staff and students of the institution, has expressed sadness over the death of the student. He prayed to the Almighty Allah to forgive her sins and grant her paradise,” it read.
(NAN).
