By ADETILEWA COKER
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Oladipupo Siwajuola, a student of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, has deepened as his distraught mother, Fijabi Oyindamola Omotayo, cries out for answers, alleging negligence and a possible cover-up by the school management.
In an emotional public appeal, Oyindamola recounted how she personally dropped off her son at the university on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Since then, she has neither heard from him nor been able to reach him.
“The last time I spoke with my son was on Wednesday,” she said in a tearful video posted online. “Since then, I haven’t been able to locate or reach him. Babcock should look for my son.”
According to her, the school's response has been both dismissive and concerning. “They told me he might still be within the school premises, that students sometimes roam about like that. But I asked them — what could you have done to my son that would make him run away?”
The grieving mother accused the university of shielding two students, identified as Lampard and Tobi, who were allegedly the last known individuals to see Oladipupo before his disappearance. “Can you explain why Lampard and Tobi, who were the last to see him, are being shielded? Why haven’t they been questioned thoroughly? Why are they being protected?”
She revealed a series of troubling details, including that Lampard, who resides off-campus and whose mother is reportedly a staff member of the university, was found with her son's belongings. “Lampard had my son's phone, SIM card, and had even downloaded his Wema Bank app, with access to his email and password. When I saw this, I knew something was wrong.”
Oyindamola also noted that her son had been going through a rough time before his disappearance. He had been unhappy with his living situation and had previously requested a change of roommates. “He has been complaining since his first semester about his roommates and had been requesting to change rooms. I don’t know if the school ever acted on that.”
She added that Oladipupo recently decided to change his course of study from Mass Communication to Property Law, and was preparing to write JAMB again — a move he was excited about.
Another alarming detail she shared was that her son’s ID card had been missing for several weeks, preventing him from eating at the school cafeteria or accessing some student services. “He can only eat from the school cafeteria using his ID card, and for the past three weeks or even a month, the card has been missing,” she said.
Despite presenting this information, she claimed that school authorities asked her to return home after what she described as a lukewarm investigation.
“I’m not trying to fight the school. I am simply begging — please, help me find my son. I have nothing else in life except my children, and they give me hope,” she said.
As the public outcry intensifies, the Ogun State Government has reportedly stepped in, with the Commissioner for Education said to be in contact with the university’s Vice-Chancellor. Babcock University’s Director of Communications, Dr. Joshua Suleiman, said the institution was investigating the matter through its internal security unit.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Command has confirmed it is handling the case and conducting investigations.
The whereabouts of Oladipupo Siwajuola remain unknown at the time of filing this report.
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