The management of the Nationwide Affiliation of Non-Instructing Employees of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo College, Ile-Ife Chapter, has condoled with the household of the late Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion on the OAU Zoo on Monday.
Talking to The PUNCH on the incident, the Chairman of NANTSU OAU Chapter, Mr Wole Odewumi, mentioned particulars on how the incident occurred weren’t but out there however confirmed that one other employees member working within the backyard was additionally injured throughout the incident.
There have been insinuations that the deceased had left the cage open whereas making an attempt to feed the animal when he was grabbed by the lion, however Odewumi, who promised to go to the scene of the incident on Tuesday, couldn’t verify the declare.
He, nonetheless, mentioned the management of the affiliation would meet with the administration of the college to debate the welfare of the household left behind by the deceased, including that Olawuyi's loss of life was a loss to all the OAU group.
He mentioned: “A member of the affiliation who additionally labored within the backyard instructed me that the incident befell whereas the deceased was making an attempt to feed the animal. Once I heard about it, I instantly contacted different folks on campus. It’s true that one other employees member was additionally injured.
“The injured personnel may have suffered the damage when these current have been working in panic throughout the incident. As a union chief, I need to discover out the details surrounding the incident. My condolences to the household. The individual will be the breadwinner of his household.
'Might God consolation them. I urge them to just accept the incident. No matter position the college administration should play, we’ll meet them on Tuesday to debate it. We are going to ask them what steps they wish to take concerning the household left behind by the deceased. It’s a nice loss to the college group, other than his rapid family.”
