OAU management raises alarm over missing female student

Management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, on Sunday, raised an alarm over the disappearance of a female student of the institution for four days.

The university Public Relations Officers (PRO), Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement made available in Osogbo, stating the missing OAU female student identified as Dorcas Oseghale, of the Department of Chemistry, with Matric number: CHM/2021/165, and that she was last seen on the evening of 6th of August, 2025, at about 8:00 P.M.

He said, “When Dorcas, who resides at Adesanmi House, Ibadan Road, Ile – Ife, said that she was going out to buy food in front of the students’ village, along Ede road axis of the University, did not return on time, her roommate then made several attempts to reach her on phone but surprisingly discovered that her two lines were not reachable.

“At around 3:00 pm on the 7th of August, 2025, a report of a missing female student was intercepted on a student’s social media platform, and the security unit of the university started tracking the conversation around the incident.

“But around 6:10 pm on the same day, a group of students from the Department of Chemistry, in search of the missing student, alongside a female student (Akinkuade Omobolanle Beatrice), from the Department of Agricultural Extension, identified as her roommate, reported a case of a missing student at the security unit of the university.

“Considering the complexity of the case and its limitations in terms of human and material resources, the security unit then detailed three of its personnel to lead the students and report its preliminary findings to the Nigerian Police, which have enough manpower with sound professional and technical expertise to unravel the mystery surrounding the “disappearance” of the student, for further investigation.

“Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, has lauded the students of the university for being their brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, thanking them for quickly noticing that one of them is missing and promptly reporting the same to the appropriate quarters.

“The Vice Chancellor then appealed to the Police and other security agencies to do all within their power to help find the missing student.

“Professor Bamire also appealed to anybody who may have useful information that can assist the security agencies in the whereabouts of Dorcas Oseghale to report to the nearest police station or the security unit of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.”

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