Ifunanya Miracle a fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying at Nnamdi Azikiwe University has lost her life while her friend Peace sustained severe injuries.
According to reports by The Punch, Ifunanya died during an attempt to escape prankster’s robbery on the premises of the school in the Awka area of Anambra state.
Ifunanya’s friend Peace, a student of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, who was also involved in the robbery, sustained severe injuries and was said to have been rushed to the hospital for treatment.
It was reported that Ifunanya engaged in point-of-sale operations (pos) in the school’s premises during her studies.
The graduate was said to have closed her business for the day on Sunday, June 9, 2024, and boarded a tricycle along with Peace to a destination.
Ifunanya and Peace were said to be on their way when a passenger, who sat beside them, allegedly attempted to rob them of their valuables.
A student of the school, who does not want to be mentioned in print for fear of victimisation, told The Punch correspondent that in a desperate attempt to escape the robbery, the two students jumped out of the moving tricycle, adding that while Peace sustained injuries, Miracle was unlucky as she hit her head on the ground during the attempt to escape the operation.
The student said, “Miracle just graduated from the university and does a Point-of-Sale operation in the school. The incident happened around 7 pm on June 9, 2024. She does her PoS business at the front of my residence.
“She usually packed her business stuff under the staircase in our compound and the stuff is still there. She packed it and put it back there in the evening. But all of a sudden, we just heard that she was dead.
“We were like how; she still dropped her stuff under the staircase of our compound on Monday. From what we gathered, she was on a moving tricycle with her friend when a fellow passenger, ordered them to give him their phones.
“While trying to escape, Miracle jumped out of the tricycle and hit her head on the road and by the time she was rushed to the hospital, she had died. Her friend, who also jumped out of the tricycle sustained injuries and she is still in hospital.
One of the other students revealed that the man who ordered the victims to surrender their property allegedly reported himself to the police claiming that he was just trying to prank them.
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