A dog, identified as Charlie, has bitten off a part of the private parts of Sadiq Opeyemi, an 18-year-old undergraduate of animal science at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State.
The dog, said to have been owned by 24-year old Abass Olagunju, a 400-level animal science student, attacked the victim at their hostel in Vanilla Villa permanent site of the university.
It was gathered that the student had visited a friend at the Vanilla Villa outside the school premises when the dog attacked him.
During the attack, the dog reportedly bit the victim’s private parts before some public-spirited persons rescued him from the rampaging canine.
Spokesman for the institution’s Students’ Union Government, Mr. Oluwafemi Adegbeyeni, confirmed the incident saying the undergraduate was rushed to a nearby hospital.
“From what I gathered, the student went to visit a friend at Vanilla Villa, around the permanent site. Maybe knowingly or unknowingly he was bitten by the unguarded dog. The victim was quickly rushed to a hospital for treatment because the dog bit off part of his private parts.
“He is currently being treated and still alive and that is the information I got from people who live in the area. The incident happened in the morning and from what we gathered, the dog has been a threat to people living in that area but we have been warning students to secure their dogs. The incident happened outside the school premises.”
Similarly, spokesperson for the state police command, Ms. Funmi Odulami, who confirmed the attack, said the dog bit the upper thigh of the undergraduate, adding that the impact of the attack affected the victim’s scrotum.
“A pit-bull dog known as Charlie, two-year-three-month old, owned by one Abass Olagunju, 24, a 400-level Animal Science student at the Faculty of Agriculture, Adekunle Ajasin University, attacked and bit one Sadiq Opeyemi, 18, 100-level of the same department, at their hostel in Vanilla Villa Permanent Site, Akungba.
“Opeyemi Sadiq, who was running to meet the owner of the dog, was attacked by Charlie. The bite affected the skin of his scrotum. He was immediately rushed to Inland Specialist Hospital, Ikare, where he was treated and discharged,” she said.
