Nigeria, May 21 -- Two students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso on Tuesday lost their lives in a road accident in Ogbomoso.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that five students were involved in the accident along Aroje Road, opposite Bovas Petroleum station, Ogbomoso.

The victims were 400-level students. They were reported to have died on the spot of the accident.

The injured were receiving treatments at an undisclosed hospital as at the time of filing this report Tuesday afternoon.

The institution, while confirming the death of the students, described it as devastating.

The Vice-Chancellor, Michael Ologunde, prayed to God to give the entire university community the fortitude to bear the loss.

In a statement...