𝑵𝑨𝑵𝑺 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝑬𝒙-𝑨𝑲𝑺𝑼 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒀𝑺𝑪 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) is in mourning after the death of Etimbuk Daniel, the immediate past Students' Union Government (SUG) President of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU). He died at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Enugu State.

NANS President, Comrade Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, said the news came as a rude shock.

What exactly happened is still unclear, but accounts reaching the student body describe a painful sequence of events. Daniel reportedly complained of a headache and was given some medication. Instead of getting better, his condition is said to have grown worse after he took the drugs.

He then asked to be taken to the hospital. According to the claims, the approval needed to move him came too late, and he died before he could get medical attention.

The association also said it was later told that a doctor identified the drugs given to him as fake.

Afeez described the claims as deeply troubling and called for a thorough investigation to find out the full circumstances of the young man's death.

"As a student community, we are in mourning at this difficult moment," he said. He offered the association's thoughts and prayers to Daniel's family, friends, colleagues and the entire AKSU community.

The NANS leader also used the moment to sound a wider alarm. Fake drugs, he said, remain a grave threat to lives across the country. In his view, Daniel's death shows the urgent need for accountability, proper medical care and stronger measures to protect young Nigerians.

NANS said it will make its next steps and official position known in due course.

Afeez prayed that God would give Daniel's family and the student community the strength to bear what he called an irreparable loss. He also extended his condolences to Akwa Ibom State, the NANS community and all comrades.