The management of Rivers State University has issued an internal memo ordering the suspension of the Student Week activities following the death of a yet-to-be-identified male student.

The registrar of the university, Dr. Sydney Enyindah, announced the suspension of other activities marking the student week in an internal memo dated 7th September, 2023.

The Registrar of the university, Dr. Sydney Enyindah, announced the suspension of other activities marking the students week in an internal memo dated 7th September, 2023.

Following the unfortunate and sad incident which occurred during the ‘Jeans Carnival’ on Tuesday 5th September, 2023, resulting in the death of a student, the Management of the University has directed the immediate suspension of the remaining activities of the Student Union Week.

“Consequently, the acting Chief Security Officer is hereby directed to ensure that all University students comply with this directive forthwith.”

Eyewitnesses, who were present at the time of the incident, told Kristina Reports, though anonymously, that the student was hanging on the window of a car involved in a stunt during the Jean Carnival on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 from where he fell off and became unconscious.

In a video, which surfaced on some students’ status on WhatsApp messaging application, the boy was seen lying lifeless before some students carried him up.

Another source inside the university community, said that the student, who was allegedly sitting on the window of a moving vehicle when he lost balance and fell during the jean carnival, was rushed to the hospital, where he eventually died today.

Also a student, who preferred to remain anonymous, described him as “a dull boy” who shouldn’t have participated in the Jean Carnival.

“The guy actually, no jant, Na very dull boy, and him go for jean carnival. Me I no go for the carnival but wetin him sister tell me be say, him follow some niggas dey hang for motor wey dey do stunt in the process him fall out.”

“But the sister say na wetin dem tell her, say she no see with her own eyes tooo. But now him mother say no injury for him body. Say na only swollen head…and him dey bleed from both ears and eyes.”

“So cut the long story short b say. Him get accident during the carnival, him no die immediately. He was still alive until late night before him die. My course mates go see am yesterday but me I no go sha.”

Also, in a chat with Kristina Reports, a female of student, who preferred not to be named, described his death as an act of carelessness, regretting that they feel sad that it happened and they did not enjoy their student week enough.

“His carelessness o, but now na everybody don suffer am, Omo see me I leave carnival for people wey get jean, I even change environment so I won’t be intimidated.”