Photos: See How UNILAG Students Where Arrested For Attempting To Resurrect Colleague

Four students of the University of Lagos,
Akoka, Lagos, have been arrested by the
Ogun State Police Command for
attempting to resurrect the corpse of a
300-level student of Microbiology, Eniola
Jacob .
The suspects are Inerima Alaniye (a 400-
level student of Mathematics); Awe
Raphael (a 500-level student of Law);
Adeboye Adeshola (a 200-level student of
Political Science); and Arawomo Stephen.
It was reported that Jacob allegedly took
an insecticide, Sniper, last Saturday on
the campus.
He was said to have been rushed to the
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-
Araba, where he died on Sunday.
it was also reported that students who
attempted to resurrect his corpse were
leaders of the Cherubim and Seraphim
Students Fellowship on the campus.
Jacob was said to have been a strong
member of the fellowship before his
death.
The Police Public Relations Officer,
Muyiwa Adejobi, said the students’
behaviour and actions at Jacob’s grave
were suspicious, adding that they had
been transferred to the State
Department of Criminal Investigation,
Eleweran.
The police spokesperson said during
Jacob’s burial, the four students
suddenly emerged and asked that the
corpse be exhumed.
He said, “They were arrested at the
graveside. They were arrested because
their actions were suspicious. They
insisted on exhuming the corpse that
had been buried. They said they wanted
to resurrect it. It came to us as a
surprise that in this modern age, some
group of young boys would come out
and say they want to resurrect a dead
man.
“We felt it was a strange development. If
they were not cultists they would not
make such a demand. We thought they
were looking for parts of the deceased
to tamper with and we took them to
Eleweran for further investigations.”
The Public Relations Officer of the
University of Lagos, Mr. Toyin Adebule,
said he could not confirm the arrest of
the students.
He, however, confirmed that Jacob took
Sniper on the school premises.
He said the police had taken over the
case and a corona inquest had begun.
He said, “This is a corona case and the
school is not involved. It has nothing to
do with the university. What happened
was that he (Jacob) took Sniper and after
taking it, the security was informed. He
was initially talking, but suddenly he
collapsed.
“He was rushed to the school’s health
centre where he was resuscitated.
Around 7pm, he was rushed to LUTH
where he died some hours later. There is
no indictment. I am not aware that some
students of the school have been
arrested.”