{"id":104192,"date":"2023-04-12T03:08:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104192"},"modified":"2023-04-12T03:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:08:21","slug":"final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize, has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in the institution over alleged phone theft.<\/p>\n<p>The unfortunate incident was said to have occurred Monday at the Awolowo Hall of Residence of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was said to be a Part 5 student of the Department of Civil Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the university management condemned the action and had set up a panel to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has condemned, in strong terms, the incident that led to the death of a Part 5 student of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigation revealed that the student died of a mob action on the allegation that he stole a phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaddened by this ugly development which he described as unfortunate, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Bamire, has set up a committee to unravel the circumstances that led to this incident,\u201d Olarewaju stated.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident as well, the Students\u2019 Union President, Olayiwola Festus, described the action as inhumane and pledged justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regret to announce the death of a Part 5 student assaulted in a mob action at Awo Hall yesterday (Monday). The student was declared dead on arrival at the Emergency Medicine Department of OAU Teaching Hospital this afternoon,\u201d the union leader said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that arrests and investigations of individuals suspected to be connected with the assault of the deceased were being made for consequent legal actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur union does not support mob action and justice must be served in this incident,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The university administration commiserated with the parents of the deceased, staff and students, and \u201cprays that God will grant us the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize, has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in the institution over alleged phone theft. The unfortunate incident&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0 - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0 - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize, has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in the institution over alleged phone theft. The unfortunate incident&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-12T02:08:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"633\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-12T02:08:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Other News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\",\"name\":\"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0 - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-12T02:08:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg\",\"width\":633,\"height\":494},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0 - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0 - Pointblank News","og_description":"A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize, has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in the institution over alleged phone theft. The unfortunate incident&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2023-04-12T02:08:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":633,"height":494,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0","datePublished":"2023-04-12T02:08:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg","articleSection":["Other News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/","name":"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0 - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-12T02:08:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_2023-04-12-00-17-05-76_9f63100d651eb3e62d66865273ff3aaa.jpg","width":633,"height":494},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/final-year-oau-student-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-a-phone\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Final year OAU student beaten to death for allegedly stealing a phone\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}