Obi, who stated this at a press conference, yesterday, at the university, said an autopsy revealed that the deceased died due to medical complications.
Agindi, a third year student of the Department of Library and Information Science, was reported dead shortly after admission into the institution’s medical centre on January 28.
Her sudden death reportedly sparked protests by students, who accused the management of the medical centre of professional negligence.
But according to the V.C., the deceased was brought to the medical centre under a critical condition and she died within an hour of arrival.
She said: “As I addressed protesting students on campus that fateful day, this much I promised we would do. In fulfilment of this, with the full approval of the family of the deceased, we ordered an autopsy, which was carried out by one of the foremost Nigerian forensic pathologists.”
“Yesterday, in the presence of the representatives of the family, the Benue and Tiv community in the university, SUG officials, members of the Panel of Inquiry, management received the autopsy and the panel of inquiry report. The report of the autopsy scientifically and medically detailed a clear and conclusive cause of death of our late student, who was only brought to our medical centre at a very critical state where she died in less than an hour later.
“For emphasis, let me categorically state that the death of Precious had nothing to do with the rumoured ruptured appendicitis as her appendix was found intact at autopsy.”
Obi used the opportunity to caution all those peddling false information about the institution on the issue to desist from doing so, adding that the management will not hesitate to seek legal redress if the offensive against her persists.
