A 16-year-old student, Omobewaji Sanni, has died following a tragic accident just days after returning to write her West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
The teenager, who had recently resumed her education after giving birth, was killed when a truck lost control and ran into her and another student.
Omobewaji had enrolled as an external candidate after taking time off to have her baby. On the day of the incident, she was heading home from her exam when the truck, reportedly veering off the road, crashed through a fence where she and her friend, Aliyah, had sought shelter. Aliyah died on the spot. Omobewaji sustained severe injuries and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors attempted to stabilize her with blood transfusions and oxygen. She died before she could be transferred for further treatment.
The loss has left her mother, a single parent of four, devastated. She described her daughter as brilliant, kind-hearted, and full of ambition, with dreams of becoming a medical doctor. With Omobewaji gone, she is now left to care for her daughter’s three-month-old baby and is appealing for support to raise the child and continue providing for her family.
The truck driver fled the scene after the accident but was later arrested, along with the vehicle’s assistant, and is now in police custody.
