The unfortunate incident according to information happened yesterday at Awo Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University.

Naijacrawl learned that the deceased who was a student of OAU, from the Department of Civil Engineering was accused of phone theft by some students who descended on him and allegedly beat him to death.

The President of Great Ife Students’ Union, Olayiwole Folahan Festus, had in a statement described the mob action as inhumane with a pledge to ensure justice is meted out accordingly.

He said: “I regret to announce the death of a Part 5 student assaulted in a mob action at Awo Hall yesterday. The student was declared dead on arrival at the Emergency Medicine Department of OAU Teaching Hospital this afternoon.

“Preliminary investigations show that the deceased was accused to have stolen a phone".