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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Nation: Tree’s fall scares students

The Nation
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Tree's fall scares students
Jun 26th 2013, 23:00

There was pandemonium in Adekunle Fajuyi Hall, a male hostel in the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, when a giant tree in the hall fell.

Students residing in the hostel scampered for safety when branches of the tree ripped through a wall of the hostel before it fell where the hostel's reservoirs were located.

Though nobody was injured, the incident shocked students, who witnessed the scene. It almost stirred an uproar as a Law student in the hall pointed fingers at the hall management. A supervisor in the hall told CAMPUSLIFE that the tree was supposed to be felled the following day.

"When I assumed duty over a year ago and I saw the state of the trees and how hazardous they could be to the structures of the hall, I wrote a letter to the Parks and Gardens Department of the university. We were given approval to cut the trees considered injurious to residents of the hall," he explained.

Responding to an allegation of negligence by students, the supervisor described the incident as nothing short of a natural disaster.

He said: "Natural disasters are mostly inevitable and uncontrollable. We should give thanks to God that no one sustained any injury and no life was lost." He, however, promised to see to the repair of the water pipes affected by the crash."

 

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