PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS— Following the awful death of a 21-year-old female student on campus, the management of Rivers State University (RSU), Port Harcourt, has actually put an instant restriction on undergraduate trainees driving individual vehicles within the university properties during night and overnight hours.
The emergency situation security regulation was revealed on Friday, June 26, 2026, by the organization’s acting registrar, Mr Idanyingi Daminabo, throughout an emergency press instruction at the university administrative complex.
Drag Racing Catastrophe Claims Life of 21-Year-Old Trainee.
The administrative clampdown was activated by a deadly accident on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, along “Roadway A” within the school grid.
The victim, Miss Eno Udoson, a 21-year-old trainee was walking back to the university staff quarters when she was strongly struck by a speeding automobile.
According to initial investigative accounts provided by an RSU lecturer and a relative of the deceased, Mr Moore Mike-Ogburia, two undergraduate motorists were allegedly drag-racing each other down the school roadway when their cars clashed, veering off course and squashing the pedestrian.
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The university management identified the two undergraduate motorists as Darlington Onuaku of the Department of Advancement and Interaction Research Studies and Obinna Ikechi of the Department of Computer Science.
The Rivers State Cops Command spokesperson, ASP Blessing Agabe, validated that both suspects have been detained, detained, and transferred to the state criminal examination department for instant prosecution.
The victim’s body has actually considering that been deposited at a local mortuary.
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Confronted with growing anger over lax traffic laws, the university senate assembled an emergency situation safety council meeting on Wednesday to present sweeping car regulations created to eliminate campus negligent driving.
Under the freshly active standards, undergraduate trainees are strictly prohibited from driving individual lorries anywhere on school between 4:00 p.m. at night and 7:00 a.m. the following early morning.
Students who drive to campus throughout the day need to park their vehicles at a designated, secured lot situated near the university’s main gate and utilise
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The registrar clarified that postgraduate students and those attending the Centre for Continuing Education will just be allowed to drive on campus after undergoing visual identity verification at security checkpoints.
“Any trainee discovered taking part in careless driving or violating the night restriction will face immediate suspension, formal university disciplinary proceedings, and the irreversible impoundment of the lorry involved,” Registrar Daminabo alerted.
To complement the traffic sweep and protect the school boundary after sunset, RSU authorities have also restricted visitor access to all trainee hostels, purchasing that all daily hostel visits must end strictly by 6:00 p.m.
. The management prompted guard to enforce the new 30 km/h speed limitations aggressively to avoid a recurrence of the catastrophe.