GIOTV reports that a dog, identified as Charlie, has bitten off a part of the private parts of a yet-to-be-identified student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State.
It was gathered that the AAUA undergraduate had visited a friend at the Vanilla Villa located at the Permanent Site area in the Ondo community when the dog attacked him.
It was further learnt that during the attack, the dog reportedly bit the student’s private parts before some good Samaritans came to his rescue.
As gathered by GIOTV, the incident was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the institution’s Students Union Government, Oluwafemi Adegbeyeni, noting that the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital.
“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,” the police spokesperson said.
Adegbeyeni said, “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 premise,” he disclosed.
Meanwhile, a post on Instagram made by Instablog9ja showed that the operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested the dog at the hostel where the incident occurred.
A video attached to the post showed a man tying the dog to a patrol van as the policemen were later seen taking the dog away in the van.
When contacted, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, Funmi Odulami, disclosed that the dog bit the upper thigh of the undergraduate, adding that the impact of the attack affected the student’s scrotum.