Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State main gate. Photo: Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, has insisted that none of its students died in the collapse of the Elite Five Star Hostel in Amaokpala, near the institution, in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night.
In a statement issued on Monday, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Oguegbu Udoka, clarified that the building, located in Amaokpala and not within the polytechnic, was a privately owned lodge occupied by both students and non-students.
Udoka said, “No Federal Polytechnic, Oko, student has been confirmed dead in the collapsed building. The two persons believed to be trapped in the rubble are reportedly not students of our institution.
“Most students had already left campus after completing their second-semester examinations before the incident occurred.
