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The 15-Seater Toyota Hiace Bus presented by Edo
State governor, Adams Oshiomhole to the Students Union of Auchi
Polytechnic to ease the movement of students of the institution has
turned out to be a curse than a blessing.

Just a few hours shortly after Mr Oshiomhole
presented the bus to leaders of the polytechnic’s Student Union
Government, the vehicle was said to have been involved in an accident
along the busy Benin-Abuja expressway, killing two persons in the
process.

Amongst those killed are a former student of the
school and a Health Technologist.It was revealed that the SUG
President, Musa Kazeem Abiola had insisted on driving the new bus back
to school from the government house in Benin City, against the advice
of other excutive members that the official driver who took them to
Benin should take charge of the vehicle, as he was not a qualified
driver.

When the SUG president insisted on having his way,
it was gathered that his colleagues opted to travel back to Auchi in
the vehicle that brought them to Benin.

Unhappy school leaders

Reports said while Mr Abiola was driving the
Toyota Hiace bus to Auchi, he ran into an on-coming vehicle and two
persons were said to have died in the accident. Mr. Abiola himself
reportedly fractured his hands and a leg, while the vehicle was said to
be seriously damaged.

A source at the Auchi Polytechnic who spoke on
condition of anonymonity said the school authority was planning to take
stern disciplinary measures against the student leader for flouting
procedure in the method he adopted in receiving the bus from the Edo
State government.

According to him, while the SUG President informed
only the Secretary of the Student Union body, the other exco members
were not put in the picture. He also said the normal procedure would
have been for the SUG President to inform the Dean of Students’ Affairs
of the donation, and the Dean would in turn inform the school authority
who would then make preparation to travel to Benin to receive the bus
and bring it to school.