CALABAR— In the wake of a two-week closure of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) to prevent student participation in the nationwide protest against hardship, three students tragically died in an auto crash while traveling home.
The students were on a popular mass transport bus heading to Ogoja in the northern part of the state when the accident occurred yesterday afternoon near Ikom, located in the central part of the state on the Calabar-Ikom highway.
According to a source, Ndoma Akunobor, who was also on the bus, the deceased students were from the Departments of Microbiology and Plant Science and Biotechnology. Their names have not been confirmed at this time.
UNICROSS management had issued a circular (No. 433) ordering the closure of the institution from July 30 to August 12, 2024, ahead of the nationwide hunger protest slated for August 1, 2024.
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