On Monday, 6 April 2026, many students of Covenant University came online to mourn the death of their friend and colleague, Toluwase Jesutunmise Emmanuel. They said he was playing football when he suddenly collapsed.
The Students Explain What Happened
He was rushed to the school clinic, where he was told he needed air, but there was no oxygen mask. The students allege that instead of taking him to another hospital with an oxygen tank, his parents and the founder of the school, Bishop David Oyedepo were praying for him until he gave up the ghost. 
The students also allege their Wi-Fi connection was turned off. Additionally, there is also an outcry online about how there are no adequate medical facilities in one of the most expensive schools in the country and the best higher institution in Nigeria.
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The School’s Version
The school, in turn, has vehemently denied this. In a statement released by their Vice-Chancellor, they stated that he was brought in dead and they tried to resuscitate him.
“On Monday, April 6, 2026, the Covenant University community experienced the unfortunate loss of one of our precious students. Jesutunmise, a diligent and vibrant student, participated in a student’s football training session on campus. He stepped out of the game to rest after he was said to have complained of leg pains and being tired. In a short while, his football mates observed that he was gasping for breath, and they responded swiftly by taking him to the Medical Centre’s emergency unit, which was directly opposite the playing field. However, he had stopped breathing by the time he arrived at the facility.
Though he was brought in dead, the doctors responded immediately by administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with an automated external defibrillator (AED). However, all efforts to resuscitate Jesutunmise were unsuccessful. Subsequently, he was certified clinically dead due to a prior undisclosed heart condition.”
This seems to be a parallel version of events, we can’t definitively say what happened that led to his unfortunate loss.
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