A professor at University of Maiduguri named Mrs Ruth Wazis has been killed in a car accident at her home over the weekend.
Gatekeepers News reports that the deceased was also a former head of business management department at UNIMAID.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Borno state Police command, on Tuesday, Nahum Kenneth, disclosed the tragic accident through a statement released on Tuesday.
According to the PRO, Ruth was killed by her vehicle which rammed over her while trying to open the gate on getting home.
Kenneth noted that the investigation conducted by the command’s operatives revealed that the area is not a flat surface.
The statement goes, “Incidence and accidents are bound to happen both technical and human failure may contribute.”
“The sad, tragic garage incident happened on 30th June 2024 in the late evening at Judari Polo Area Maiduguri where late Professor Mrs Ruth Wazis (former Head of the Department of Business Management, University of Maiduguri) alighted from her vehicle and attempted to open her residential gate to park her car in her garage.”
“But, unfortunately, a high slope and sudden mechanical malfunction caused the vehicle to accelerate unexpectedly, knocking her to the gate and on the ground, stepping on her chest, and she, unfortunately, succumbed with severe injuries before taken to the hospital at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital where she was confirmed dead by a doctor.”
