Student’s Scrotum Bitten By Dog In Ondo

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State is presently hospitalized after an attack on him by an unguarded dog.

The victim, Sadiq Opeyemi, 18, was ambushed by the dog which, according to available information, belongs to another student, Abass Olagunju, 24, a 400-level Animal Science student at the Faculty of Agriculture.

It was reported that students within the axis came to the rescue of the victim but the dog had already bitten some parts of his penis.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the institution’s Students Union Government, Oluwafemi Adegbeyeni, disclosed that the victim has been taken to the hospital.

According to him, the dog had been a threat to people living in that area and he cautioned students to always secure their dogs to prevent such incidents from happening.

The African Examiner writes that the police have arrested the dog.