Dorcas Oseghale, a 300-level female student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been declared missing by the University management.
A statement issued by Abiodun Olarewaju, the University’s Public Relations Officer, said Dorcas, a student in the Department of Chemistry with the matriculation number CHM/2021/165 was last seen on the evening of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at around 8:00 p.m.
According to the report, Dorcas, a resident of Adesanmi House along Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife, informed her roommate that she was stepping out to buy food near the Students’ Village along Ede Road.
When she failed to return after several hours her roommate was said to have made several attempts to reach her on phone but surprisingly discovered that her two lines were not reachable.
Olarewaju revealed that at about 3:00 p.m. on August 7, 2025, reports of her disappearance began circulating on student social media platforms and the University Security Unit promptly began tracking conversations and gathering information.
“But around 6:10pm on the same day, a group of students from the Department of Chemistry, in search of the missing student, alongside a female student (Akinkuade Omobolanle Beatrice), from the Department of Agricultural Extension, identified as her roommate, reported a case of a missing student at the Security Unit of the University”, the statement noted.
The statement read further that “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.”
Adebayo Simeon Bamire, Professor and Vice-Chancellor of the University, commended the students for their swift response and for being their brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, describing their action as commendable.
He 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.
