The Management of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has said that Owolab Abidemi who was reported missing few days ago by friends and family members is not a student of the institution.
This is contained in a statement issued and signed by Busari Salawu, the school’s Registrar.
According to the statement, Owolabi, whose matriculation number is 19/DACN/4226, was on Industrial Training and that her care, safety, and protection should be the responsibility of her parents.
It was also said that the polytechnic has received no formal complaint of any missing student from any individual or security agency in the state.
Part of the statement read,
“Our attention has been drawn to an online publication about a missing student of our Institution, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree.
“We wish to state that the story captioned, “Undergraduate Osun Poly Student Declare (sic) Missing” was not properly investigated.
“In clear terms, we hereby state that the allegedly missing person, Owolabi Abidemi, was an ex-student of the institution. Going by her matriculation number, 19/DACN/4226, the lady should be on her Industrial Attachment by now under the covers of her parents as she graduated during the 2020/2021 Academic Session of the Institution.
“Besides, the Institution did not have any formal report of any missing student of the School either from any parent or guardian, or security operatives in the State.
“However, should the publication be true, we sympathise with the concerned parents and pray that God will manifest Himself in her recovery and rescue.”
The report of her disappearance was first made known by the Polytechnic campus media and since then efforts have been made to locate Owolabi and to determine her whereabouts.
Family members also corroborated that the case has been reported to the Nigeria Police and her mother in a conversation with this medium also confirmed that she was missing.
Owolabi Abidemi’s mother also appealed to Nigerians to help the family in the search for their missing daughter.