The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Sunday said they were collaborating with the Osun State Command of the Nigerian Police in its search for a female student of the institution who had been missing for four days, with the vice chancellor of the institution appealing to members of the public for help.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that the student, identified as Dorcas Oseghale, of the Department of Chemistry with Matric number: CHM/2021/165, was last seen on the evening of August 6, 2025, at around 8:00 pm.

Dorcas, who resides at Adesanmi House, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife, was said to have gone to buy food in front of the students’ village, along the Ede road axis of the university. But when she did not return on time, her roommate, who made several attempts to reach her on phone, discovered that her two lines were not reachable.

Olarewaju said, “At around 3:00 pm on the 7th of August, 2025, a report of a missing female student was intercepted on a students’ social media platform and the security unit of the university started tracking the conversation around the incident.

“But around 6:10 pm on the same day, a group of students from the Department of Chemistry, in search of the missing student, alongside a female student (Akinkuade Omobolanle Beatrice), from the Department of Agricultural Extension, identified as her roommate, reported a case of a missing student at the security unit of the university.

“Considering the complexity of the case and its limitations in terms of human and material resources, the security unit of the university then detailed three of its personnel to lead the students and report its preliminary findings to the Nigerian Police, which have enough manpower with sound professional and technical expertise to unravel the mystery surrounding the ‘disappearance’ of the student, for further investigation.”

Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of OAU, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, has lauded the students of the university for quickly noticing that one of them was missing and promptly reporting the same to the appropriate quarters.

He appealed to the Police and other security agencies to do all within their power to help find the missing student.

Bamire also appealed to anybody who may have useful information that can assist the security agencies on the whereabouts of Dorcas to report to the nearest police station or the security unit of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.