Nigeria: UDUS Student Slumps, Dies Writing Final Exams

A final year student of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Sadam Ahmad Achida, slumped and died yesterday in his final examination hall.

Achida, a 400-level student of Economics, slumped while writing his morning paper at the ETF 3 hall of the university. He was never revived.

A course mate said he was critically ill and had been on admission in hospital for over a week. He said Sadam was a sickle cell anaemia patient and was usually brought to write examinations from his sick bed.

Yesterday, he insisted on writing the examination in spite of his condition. The course mate described him as hardworking, religious and patient.

Another friend, Yahya Aliyu, said Sadam had been a friend and brother.

"I will surely miss him. We were known to be good friends, always doing things together", he said. Sadam has been buried according to Islamic rites. The university's spokesman, Alhaji Sama'ila Yauri, said he was not aware of the death.