The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has involved the Nigerian Police following the disappearance of a 300-level Chemistry student, Dorcas Oseghale, who has been missing for four days.
In a statement on Sunday, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, said Dorcas, with matriculation number CHM/2021/165, was last seen around 8:00 p.m. on August 6, 2025, when she went to buy food.
Olarewaju explained that Dorcas, who resides at Adesanmi House, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife, told her roommate she was stepping out to get food near the Students’ Village along the Ede Road axis but never returned.
He said that several attempts to reach her by phone failed, as both her lines were unreachable.
According to him, the university’s Security Unit began tracking discussions about her disappearance after spotting a report on a students’ social media platform at around 3:00 p.m. on August 7. Later that day, at about 6:10 p.m., a group of Chemistry students—alongside her roommate, Akinkuade Omobolanle Beatrice of the Department of Agricultural Extension—formally reported the case to the Security Unit.
“Considering the complexity of the case and its limitations in terms of human and material resources, the Security Unit of the University then detailed three of its personnel to lead the students and report its preliminary findings to the Nigerian Police, which have enough manpower with sound professional and technical expertise to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the student, for further investigation.”
Olarewaju added that the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Bamire, has lauded the students of the University for being their brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, thanking them for quickly noticing that one of them is missing and promptly reporting same to the appropriate quarters.
“The Vice Chancellor then appealed to the Police and other security agencies to do all within their power to help find the missing student. He also appealed to anybody who may have useful information that can assist the security agencies on the whereabout of Dorcas Oseghale to report to the nearest police station or the security unit of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.”
