Three students collapsed and died while
taking turns to have sex with a co-student after allegedly taking a mixture of
Tramadol, codeine and vodka. Two of them, according to an eyewitness account,
died instantly while the only lady among them and another male student were
found unconscious.
They were immediately rushed to the
Federal Medical Centre Owerri where they were admitted at the Intensive Care
Unit. The male student later died at the hospital, after efforts to revive him
by a team of medical personnel failed. At as the time of filling this report,
students have vacated the hostel, while the caretaker has been arrested by the
police.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, a
Superintendent of Police, confirmed to The Guardian yesterday that the students
used sex-enhancing drugs during the sex romp at Sunshine Lodge. He gave the
names of the deceased as Ugochukwu Kingsley, Aka Uche and one Richard.
According to him, the police operatives who evacuated the bodies also recovered substances suspected to be Indian hemp and tramadol. “On April 2, information was received from the caretaker of Sunshine Lodge in Ihiagwa, that the students of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, were engaged in a sex romp with one Onyinyechi Okafor, also a student of the same university.
“Police detectives from Nekede Division
promptly mobilized to the scene and found the four victims completely Unclad
and unconscious. The victims were immediately conveyed to the police clinic but
Ugochukwu Kingsley and Aka Uche were certified dead by the medical doctor on
duty. Their bodies have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri,
for autopsy, while their families have been contacted.