Tragedy as two graduating students die in “fire” incident
Two of the graduating students of the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo will definitely not be part of the mandatory National Youth Service Corps again.
The yet-to-be-identified students were reportedly burnt to death on Wednesday.
The details surrounding their deaths are however not clear yet.
A source, another student, claimed the students were set ablaze by robbers.
“We were told that the two students were equally robbed, tied in their room and set ablaze by the rampaging armed men, before fleeing the scene,” the student told Vanguard.
The institution’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the institution, Mr Darlington Oparaocha, confirmed the incident to newsmen but could not clarify the circumstances of the death.
“It is true that two of our students have been reported dead. The incident occurred in a hostel close to the school,” he said.
“We can’t say definitely if they died of cult related activities or sheer armed robbery. Their bodies have been deposited in a nearby morgue,” he added.
