OAU Declares Female Student Missing

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has disclosed that it has formally reported to the Osun State Police Command about its missing student, Dorcas Oseghale.

Dorcas, a student in the Department of Chemistry, has been missing for four days.

In a statement issued on Sunday by the university’s spokesperson, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, the school stated last Dorcas was last seen on Thursday evening, August 7, 2025, after informing a friend that she was going to buy food at the Students’ Village along Ede Road.

The statement added that her phone lines have remained unreachable since then.

“On the 7th of August, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m., a report of a missing female student surfaced on a students’ social media platform. The university’s Security Unit immediately began monitoring conversations surrounding the case.

“By 6:10 p.m. the same day, a group of students from the Department of Chemistry, along with Dorcas’ roommate, Akinkuade Omobolanle Beatrice, from the Department of Agricultural Extension, formally reported the case to the university’s Security Unit,” the statement said.

The institution also stated that though it has intensified efforts to locate the missing student, the university’s security personnel had assigned three officers to accompany the students and present the initial findings to the Nigerian Police, which has the manpower and expertise to handle such investigations.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Simeon Bamire, commended the students for promptly reporting the incident and supporting search efforts.

He appealed to the police and other security agencies to deploy all necessary resources to help locate the missing student.

He also urged members of the public with any useful information regarding Dorcas Oseghale’s whereabouts to report to the nearest police station or contact the university’s Security Unit.

OAU Declares Female Student Missing is first published on The Whistler Newspaper