OGBOMOSO – A pall of gloom has descended upon the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) following a horrific motor accident that claimed the lives of at least six final-year nursing students.

Contrary to earlier reports of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso road, the forum stated the accident occurred on the Suleja-Abuja expressway on Sunday, February 22, 2026.


The victims, who were 500-level students enrolled in the university’s Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Bachelor of Nursing Science programme, were reportedly traveling to Ogbomoso to sit for their final examinations. This final academic hurdle was meant to be the culmination of years of balancing rigorous professional duties with higher education.


Tragically, among the deceased was a student who was heavily pregnant, a detail that has intensified the emotional devastation felt by the university community.

The victims were already practicing nurses seeking to upgrade their qualifications. Colleagues have described them as resilient and dedicated professionals who juggled hospital shifts and family responsibilities to advance their careers.

"They were so close to the finish line," one grief-stricken classmate remarked. "To lose them now, when we were all preparing to reunite in the exam hall, is simply heartbreaking."

The bodies of the students have been deposited at a mortuary for autopsy. As of the time of this report, the LAUTECH management has yet to release a formal statement regarding the incident.


Furthermore, neither the Oyo State Police Command nor the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has provided a public briefing on the specific cause of the crash or confirmed if there were other casualties.


The university campus remains in a state of mourning as students and faculty struggle to process the sudden loss of six frontline healthcare workers on the verge of their academic graduation.