A a 400-level student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin has been detained by the police after accusations he beat up a female lecturer.
Police say the student, simply identified as Captain Walz, had gone to see the supervisor over his final year project work when a disagreement ensued.
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He allegedly attacked the lecturer identified as Mrs Zakariyya who sustained a head injury and went into a coma.
The lecturer is being treated at an undisclosed hospital while the student is being held in police custody.
The university’s spokesman Kunle Akogun confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, adding that the lecturer was recovering well.
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