Fear has engulfed the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of
Education (AIFCE) in Owerri, Imo state, after Echetama, a senior lecturer of
the institution, slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday.
According to NAN, Joseph Okwulehi, the institution’s acting
public relations officer, broke the news on Wednesday.
Okwulehi said the provost of the college has been attending
series of emergency meetings over the issue.
He said the management has advised the staff and students of the institution to be calm and wait for official position of the institution on the issue.
“I can confirm to you that a senior lecturer slumped in a
classroom on Tuesday and was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Center
(FMC), Owerri,” he said.
Until his death, Echetama was a senior lecturer at the
department of Business Education.
The development, it was gathered, has forced students to
keep away from lectures over an emerging rumour that the sudden death of the
lecturer was connected to COVID-19.
Students were seen on Wednesday vacating school hostels,
while others fled the school premises for fear of contracting the dreaded
virus.
Some of the students told NAN they decided to avoid lectures
after rumours emerged that the lecturer died of coronavirus complication.
Frederick Anyawu, a final-year student of the institution,
said Echetama’s death has also forced lecturers to suspend lectures.
He said students decided to keep away from the college until
the issue is sorted out.
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