A Nigerian undergraduate student has died after a terrible car accident while on her way home due to ASUU strike.
The late Miss Etuk Brian Michelle
Miss Etuk Brian Michelle, a 100-level Civil Engineering student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU), has met her untimely death after from medical complications she suffered from an accident while travelling back home following the Academic Staff Union of Universities industrial action.
In a statement released by the National Association of Nigerian Students, Michelle died due to complications after an accident along Bauchi-Abuja road.
The statement reads: "The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) received with great shock the death of Miss Etuk Brian Michelle, a 100 level student of Civil Engineering at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. She had an accident on her way going back to Abuja where she based when ASUU declared indefinite strike.
She lost her life few days of medical complications. On behalf of NANS, We wish to extend our sincere condolence to her family, May God give her parent the zeal to bear the lost. We hope the Federal Government and the ASUU will settle their dispute and allow our students to resume back to school with immediate effect.
RIP, Michelle.
Signed: Comrade Shettima Umar National Vice President of NANS."