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Tragedy As Alvan Ikoku College Lecturer Slumps And Dies In Lecture Hall

Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 18th Feb, 2021 - tori.ng

A lecturer has been confirmed dead by the management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education after he slumped inside lecture hall.

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There was pandemonium at the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education after a lecturer slumped and died.
 
It was gathered that the senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday.
 
According to NAN, the Acting Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr Joseph Okwulehi, who confirmed the death to newsmen in his office on Wednesday, said the Provost of the college is engrossed in a series of emergency meetings over the issue.
 
He said the management has advised the staff and students of the institution to be calm and wait for the official position of the institution on the issue.
 
“I can confirm to you that a senior lecturer slumped in a classroom on Tuesday and was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Center, Owerri.
 
NAN reports that Echetama, until his death, was a senior lecturer at the Department of Business Education.
 
Meanwhile, the development has forced students to keep away from lectures over an emerging rumour that the sudden death of the lecturer was connected to COVID-19.
 
Students were seen on Wednesday vacating school hostels, while others fled the school premises for the fear of contracting the dreaded virus.
 
Some of the students who spoke to NAN said they decided to avoid lectures when the rumour emerged that the lecturer died of Coronavirus complication.
 
A final year student of the institution, Mr Frederick Anyawu, said the development has forced lecturers to suspend lectures.
 
He said students decided to keep away from the college until the issue is sorted out.
 
Another student in the department of economics, Mr Okechukwu Eze, said the development has caused skeletal activities in the institution.


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