Final Year Student Slumps, Dies During Karate Training
A final-year student of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Akwa Ibom State identified simply as John, on Saturday, slumped and died during a Karate training.
A source close to the Polytechnic community told The Punch in Uyo on Sunday that the deceased was in a Higher National Diploma programme student in the department of Media Studies of the institution who left the students’ lodge off campus for Karate training that fateful day.
According to the source, immediately when he entered the pitch, he fainted and was rushed to a private hospital in Ikot Ekpene where he was referred to General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene.
The president of the Journalism and Media Studies Students Association, Mr Nsoefen Mark Akpan, who witnessed the incident, said the doctor at the hospital after a close examination, pronounced the deceased dead on arrival at the hospital.
Akpan said students rushed to the hospital, as they refused to believe the doctor’s report and took the deceased to church for prayers, but to no avail.
“In the church after he was rejected, another spiritualist offered to resuscitate the victim but couldn’t succeed, claiming that the deceased has been admitted already in the spirit world
“At this point, we returned the corpse to the mortuary, but students were still waiting to see if the colleague was dead,” he said.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
