The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State on Sunday confirmed the case of a missing female student of the institution to the police.
The institution said the student has not been seen for four days, raising fears and apprehension among students, lecturers and other staffers of Great Ife.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University of OAU, Abiodun Olanrewaju, stated that the student, identified as Dorcas Oseghale, of the Department of Chemistry with Matric number : CHM/2021/165, was last seen on the evening of August 6, 2025 at about 8:00pm.
He said, “When Dorcas, who resides at Adesanmi House, Ibadan Road, Ile – Ife, said that she was going out to buy food in front of the students’ village, along Ede Road axis of the University, did not return on time, her roommate then made several attempts to reach her on phone but surprisingly discovered that her two lines were not reachable.
“At around 3:00pm on August 7, 2025, a report of a missing female student was intercepted on a students’ social media platform and the Security Unit of the University started tracking the conversation around the incident.
“But around 6:10pm on the same day, a group of students from the Department of Chemistry, in search of the missing student, alongside a female student (Akinkuade Omobolanle Beatrice), from the Department of Agricultural Extension, identified as her roommate, reported a case of a missing student at the Security Unit of the University.
“Considering the complexity of the case and its limitations in terms of human and material resources, the Security Unit of the University then detailed three of its personnel to lead the students and report its preliminary findings to the Nigerian Police, which have enough manpower with sound professional and technical expertise to unravel the mystery surrounding the “disappearance” of the student, for further investigation.”
Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Adebayo Simeon Bamire, has lauded the students of the University for being their brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, thanking them for quickly noticing that one of them is missing and promptly reporting same to the appropriate quarters.
The Vice Chancellor then appealed to the Police and other security agencies to do all within their power to help find the missing student.
Professor Bamire also appealed to anybody who may have useful information that can assist the security agencies on the whereabout of Dorcas Oseghale to report to the nearest police station or the security unit of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
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