According to Benue.com, after the student died, medical students of the school took his coffin and deposited it at the office of the vice chancellor in protest, blaming the school's action for his death.
Idoko was withdrawn for failing a haphazardly organised resit exam that has bedevilled medical
students in the institution over the years.
According to Benue.com, the students had complained about the manner in which exams were
conducted, where resit exams were prolonged for up to one whole year as against the stipulated six weeks,with no efforts to engage the students.
After spending 12 years without graduation, that many of the students in the medical school have
become disillusioned, frustrated, depressed and some have attempted suicide due to the stagnation
and irregularities but the school management was continuously adamant about the psychological effects of their long stay in medical school.
The students, after an altercation at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital mortuary, obtained the coffin of their dead colleague, marched to the VC’s office, vowing not to leave until their grievances which bother around the haphazard conduct of exams, manipulation of results, withdrawals and accreditation, are resolved.
The students this morning, blocked the Gboko- Makurdi Highway causing a congestion of traffic.
They also burned tyres, carrying placards demanding that their Vice Chancellor address them.
They accused the VC and provost of paying a deaf ear to the predicaments of the medical students in the school over the years.
