LAUTECH working with police to unravel student’s death off-campus – Registrar

The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) on Wednesday, said it is working with the police to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of a 300-level student of Agricultural Engineering of the institution, Ridwan Oladipupo which occurred off-campus.

The Registrar of the institution, Mrs. Olayinka Balogun, who made the disclosure in a statement she personally signed, expressed sadness over the mysterious death of the promising young man.

According to her, despite the fact that “the University is non-residential, it has a composition of all security agencies that carry out surveillance operations in the student dominated Off Campus areas, every night.”

She noted that from the information available, the deceased left his off-campus hostel to go to an undisclosed location to study on June 24.

Balogun further stated that when the Acting Dean, Student affairs of the institution was contacted by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Owode Divisional Police on June 25, on the discovery of a corpse, the identity could not be ascertained by the residents of the area or students after which the corpse was moved by the police to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Mortuary.

The statement read, “The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has unofficially learnt about the demise of Mr. Ridwan Oladipupo, a 300-level student of Agricultural Engineering in the institution. He reportedly left his off-campus hostel at Lawyer Ahmed Street, Ogbomoso, on Tuesday, 24th June, 2025, when he said he was going to study without disclosing where he would be.

“On 25th June, 2025, the Acting Dean, Student Affairs received a call from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Owode Division of the Nigeria Police Force on the discovery of a corpse in front of Nurudeen Grammar School, along Under-G road, Ogbomoso. Efforts made by the Police and the Dean, Student Affairs to ascertain whether the deceased was a LAUTECH student did not yield much as neither students nor residents of the area could identify the body as at that time. The Police moved the body to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Mortuary, and until that time, no official report had come to the university. It was gathered that the deceased’s father showed up at his off-campus hostel on Sunday, 29th June, 2025, accompanied by a Police Officer and the occupants of the hostel were interrogated. Until now, however, there is still no official representation before the university.”

While stating that the university is saddened by the death of the student, the Registrar maintained that “the matter is before the Owode Division of the Nigeria Police Force and the University will not want to jeopardize police investigation.”