Faith Aluku Adeshola, a diploma journalism student in the Department of Mass Communication at Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, tragically lost her life on Wednesday in a hit-and-run accident.
Eyewitnesses reported that Faith was on her way to school on a motorcycle when a truck collided with them, resulting in her death at the scene.
Both the truck driver and the motorcycle rider have been arrested and are currently in police custody.
Her body has been deposited at the morgue of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital.
According to reports, Faith was still completing her registration at the time of her death.
Comrade Haruna Umar, President of the institution’s Students’ Union Government (SUG), urged students to remain calm, assuring them that the polytechnic’s management and security agencies were working to ensure justice for the deceased.
Umar also called on the polytechnic’s management and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to install speed bumps around the institution’s perimeter to prevent similar incidents in the future.