By Victor Kanayo
A young Nigerian athlete and final-year student of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, identified as John, slumped and died during Karate training.
John was said to have left the students’ lodge, off campus, for Karate training, and immediately he entered the ring, he fainted and was rushed to a private hospital in Ikot Ekpene, where he was rejected and referred to General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene.
Speaking on the incident, the president of the Journalism and Media Studies Students Association (JAMSSA), Mr Nsoefen Mark Akpan, said the doctor at General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene, after close examination, pronounced the student dead on arrival at the hospital.
Akpan said students rushed to the hospital as they refused to believe the doctor’s report and took the deceased to a church for prayers, but there was no positive outcome.
An autopsy is yet to be conducted to ascertain the reason for the sudden slump.
