Hit-and-run Motorist Kills 2 Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Students Two students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNNAB), were killed on Friday by a hit-and-run motorist currently at large.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened at about 7:30 pm in front of Isolu Muslim High School, Alabata, about a kilometer away from FUNNAB.

The driver of the vehicle, a golden Jeep,
was reportedly on top speed and trying to avoid a collision with a vehicle from the opposite direction, when he suddenly swerved and ran into the students, who were said to be returning home from school.

The driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away while other students around made an unsuccessful attempt to apprehend him.

Angry students took to the streets and began to destroy property including the jeep, which was set ablaze and barricaded the roads leading to the university campus.

Mr Kola Adepoju, the institution's Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described it as unfortunate and announced that Monday has been declared lecture-free to mourn the students.

The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the mortuary.

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