The management of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, has clarified that one Akindoyo Gideon, who was reportedly missing in the Irele local government area of Ondo State, is not a student of the institution.
LEADERSHIP reported yesterday that Gideon is a 300L computer engineering student at Al-Hikmah University, Igbaja.
But, the university, in a statement signed by its information officer, Femi Afolayan, said that their checks revealed that the institution does not have a Computer Engineering Department at Igbaja campus.
The statement reads, “ The attention of the management of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has been drawn to an online publication, LEADERSHIP, of Sunday, 23rd June 2024, which carried a story with the above caption.
“According to the story, one Akindoyo Gideon, a 300-level Computer Engineering student of Al-Hikmah University, Igbaja, in Kwara State has been reportedly missing in the Irele local government area of Ondo State. Gideon was last seen on Monday, June 11, 2024 between Igbobini and Oderele communities in Ede Odo Local government and Irele Local government areas of the state before he went missing.
“However, our records revealed that Al-Hikmah University does not have a Computer Engineering Department at its Igbaja campus. No student of our university bears Akindoyo Gideon, either in the Igbaja campus (Faculty of Agriculture) or the Department of Computer Science (Adeta campus).
“A search of the list of all our registered students indicates that Al-Hikmah University has no student with such a name.
“Lastly, none of our students, who are currently on Eid Adha break, is missing as the story claimed.
“This refutal is for the attention of the general public and, especially, parents and guardians of our students.”
