Lagos, Feb. 21, 2023 – An employee of the Lagos State University, Ojo, Mr. Johnson Ademola, died on Monday afternoon while trying to withdraw money in a bank within the institution.
It was gathered that the incident happened at a branch of Wema Bank in the university where the deceased went to withdraw some money.
Ademola, who until his death was a financial officer in the Faculty of Law, was said to have slumped while waiting in the queue for his turn to withdraw cash.
Efforts to revive him reportedly proved abortive.
It was gathered that the deceased was subsequently rushed to the University Health Centre where he was certified dead.
Olaniyi Jeariogbe, the acting Coordinator at the Centre for Information and Public Relations, LASU, confirmed the incident.
He, however, clarified that the deceased was not one of the institution’s deputy bursars as reported by some media outlets.
“LASU does not have only one deputy bursar. And as I speak, all our deputy bursars and the bursar are alive, hale and hearty. I needed to clarify that.
“The man who died was the CEO Accounts and was until his death the Financial Officer of the Faculty of Law. (GBN)