The deceased person identified as Joshua Èjuojo Daniel-Ejigbo reportedly died on Tuesday while exercising at the gymnasium on the school campus.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has ordered an immediate investigation into the death of a 100-level computer science student of Veritas University Abuja.
The deceased person identified as Joshua Èjuojo Daniel-Ejigbo reportedly died on Tuesday while exercising at the gymnasium on the school campus.
The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, told SaharaReporters on Thursday that the police commissioner, Bennett Igweh, had ordered an immediate investigation into the incident.
She explained that the commissioner directed the DC CID to conduct a discreet investigation into the matter.
"The Commissioner of Police has ordered an immediate investigation into the incident. He directed the DC CID to conduct a discreet investigation on the matter.
"Further development will be communicated," she said.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that no fewer than five stab wounds were found on the back and ribs side of the student, according to a family member.
It was gathered that the deceased was exercising when he started foaming in the mouth and subsequently slumped around 9 pm on Tuesday.
A source told SaharaReporters that the University called his father to inform him about the incident around 11 pm on Tuesday.
Dr. Sanni Bil-hissan who spoke on behalf of the University confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Wednesday.
However, a human rights lawyer, Mr Deji Adeyanju, who is representing the family told SaharaReporters that the parents of the deceased student suspected foul play and gross negligence.
"The parents of the deceased student suspect foul play and gross negligence," he said.
A family source who spoke to SaharaReporters on Thursday said they found five stab wounds on the deceased student.
"The school laid him down on the stretcher in the mortuary where they dumped him at Fatima Hospital, Bwari before we transferred the body to the mortuary at the National Hospital in Abuja.
"The body was prepared and handed over to the parent as if nothing happened. When we turned him over, blood started coming out of his mouth," the source added.