Two final-year students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state have been killed 24 hours before their final examination when they were crushed by a truck.
Penpushing reports that the late students Abasifreke Okon and Irene Edwin who were close friends and National Diploma students of Laboratory Science Technology were returning from school on a motorcycle when the truck rammed into them along the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Highway.
The incident was confirmed by the spokesperson of the polytechnic, Gloria Udoudom describing the incident as tragic, adding that this sad news prompted the management of the institution to postpone the examination.
“Yes, I can confirm. They were on a bike (motorcycle) – the two friends and this Pepsi truck ran into them, killing the bike man too’, the polytechnic spokesperson lamented over the sad loss of the undergraduates
Penpushing further reports that the Akwa Ibom Police Command Public Relations Officer Odiko Macdon, when contacted said as at the time of filing this report he was yet to be briefed on the unfortunate incident.
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