•Late Salisu
A female student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Naja’atu Salisu, has been confirmed dead after slumping in the bathroom.
The 300-level student of computer science died after she was found unconscious by her sister in the bathroom on Friday, reports The PUNCH.
Her roommate, who pleaded for anonymity, explained to our correspondent that “she had done every routine preparation for the morning class before going into the bathroom.
“Naja’atu has selected clothes to wear to the class and kept them by the side of her bed.”
Our correspondent gathered from the university’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Zailani Bappa that “Naja’atu, after bringing out her study materials in the morning entered the bathroom to shower while her sister waited for her so that they could both attend lecture together.’’
“Her sister was the one who discovered her body after she observed her undue long stay in the bathroom and followed up to check on her only to find her lying unconscious on the floor of the bathroom in the female hostel at the Gubi campus of the university.”
Zailani stated that after her sister raised the alarm, she was rushed to the university’s clinic for transfusion, but medical personnel were unable to find a vein in her body.
“This is when the personnel at the clinic noticed that the situation was serious and rushed her to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital where she was certified dead by medical doctors,” he added.
Bappa maintained that “having been notified of the situation, Naja’atu’s parents who reside in Abuja accepted the development and directed that a funeral prayer and burial be accorded her according to Islamic rites.”
He further stated that Naja’atu has been buried according to Islamic rites.
Also, the leadership of the Students Union Government, SUG ATBU Bauchi, as well as other student unions, clubs, and society groups have issued various condolence messages to the parents of the deceased and the school authorities, describing the development as “unfortunate.”
