A fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, has lost her life during an attempt to escape a yet-to-be-identified prankster’s robbery on the premises of the school in the Awka area of Anambra State.

Ifunanya’s friend, identified simply as Peace, a student in the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, who was also involved in the robbery, sustained varying degrees of injury and was said to have been rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital for treatment.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Ifunanya, during her studies, engaged in the business of Point-of-Sale operations on the premises of the school.

The graduate was said to have closed her business for the day on Sunday, June 9, 2024, and boarded a tricycle along with Peace to a destination.

The duo were said to be on their way when a passenger, who sat beside them, allegedly attempted to rob them of their valuables.

A student of the school, who does not want to be mentioned in print for fear of victimisation, told our correspondent that in a desperate attempt to escape the robbery, the two students jumped out of the moving tricycle, adding that while Peace sustained injuries, Miracle was unlucky as she hit her head on the ground during the attempt to escape the operation.

The student said, “Miracle just graduated from the university and does a Point-of-Sale operation in the school. The incident happened around 7 pm on June 9, 2024. She does her PoS business at the front of my residence.

“She usually packed her business stuff under the staircase in our compound and the stuff is still there. She packed it and put it back there in the evening. But all of a sudden, we just heard that she was dead.

“We were like how; she still dropped her stuff under the staircase of our compound on Monday. From what we gathered, she was on a moving tricycle with her friend when a fellow passenger, ordered them to give him their phones.

“While trying to escape, Miracle jumped out of the tricycle and hit her head on the road and by the time she was rushed to the hospital, she had died. Her friend, who also jumped out of the tricycle sustained injuries and she is still in hospital.”

Another student said the man, who ordered the victims to surrender their property, later claimed that he was pranking them, adding that unconfirmed reports indicated that the man had reported himself to the police.

The student said, “We heard the guy has reported himself at the police station and claimed it was a prank. How can he be pranking someone on a moving tricycle? After the incident, we have not heard anything. This lady (Miracle) just died because of the carelessness of some people who claimed to be pranksters.

“It could be that he wanted to rob and when he saw the outcome of his action, he changed the argument to pranking because of what happened. The university has not said anything about the case. The fact that the school has not addressed it is a concern. The girl just did her convocation.

“The girl who died is Ifunanya Miracle, also known as Bliss, and she was a student in the Department of Quantity Surveying. Her friend’s name is Peace, in the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry. She was hospitalised after the incident.”

The spokesperson for the school, Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, when contacted for a reaction, confirmed the incident.

The case was adjourned until July 10, 2024, for further hearing.

The spokesperson for the school, Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, when contacted on Monday, confirmed the case and noted that the prankster, a final-year student of the school, would face disciplinary measures after Miracle had been buried.

He said, “The university is fully aware of the incident. It was not a robbery but a very expensive prank. The students were told to bring their phones but they didn’t know it was a prank. So, they jumped, one died and one survived.

“The families of the victims and that of the final-year student who pranked the victims have held a meeting with us and it was established that it was a prank.

“The families have reached some agreement and we want the process of the burial to take place before the student that pranked them will face disciplinary measures.

“It was an unfortunate incident; the school regrets it, the student who pranked them regrets it and the family of the concerned student will take responsibility for the funeral of the dead victim and the hospital bill of the other student. We use this opportunity to warn students to avoid expensive pranks that lead to death, the person will face the music.”

ABOUT THE DÉÀTH OF MY TEAMMATE, Nwankwo Ifunanya Miracle (Bliss).

Every deàth is palàînfúl but there are way too stúúpid and more pàînful ways to dîé

Ifunanya has always been a hustler and that's one thing I admired about her. Apart from being that, she's a committed lover of football, jovial caring and easy going.

Among all the side hustles she does, she owns a POS business which she has ran for few years now.

Last week 11th June, precisely, Ifunanya went to the bank inside school (UNIZIK) to withdraw money for her Pos business. I am 100% sure it's a huge amount.

On her way back, she boarded a Keke alongside other passengers but half way into their journey, one of them (guy) asked them all to surrender their phones and other valuables.

Nigerian economy is bàd and nobody would want to loose anything because to replace may be hard.

Yes...I know I am one of those who always say, dont drag anything with a róbber. If they ask you to bring anything, kindly give them and go with your life. Other items are replaceable but your life isn't. This is where I would have blamed Ifunanya but to be honest, I don't blàme her anymore. Find out why...

Back to the story***

When the guy told them to surrender their valuables, the other guys in the keke jumped off the keke including one other girl and they were lucky to have Landed on a safe place and didn't get too much injuries.

Ifunanya is an agile sports girl but she wasn't lucky. She didn't land well and she got injured bàdly. She was taken to the hospital where she diéd eventually.

Wait, this is not the real cause of her dèàth o. Wait until you hear it, you will understand why I said it's she dîéd for a stúpîd reason from a stúúpid person

Wait for my next post, in a bit.

THE REAL CAUSE OF IFUNANYA'S DÉÀTH.😭💔🥺

The Stúúpid idíôtic guy who asked them to surrender their valuables was playing a PRANK with his crew.

Likee, you are holding a weàpón,telling people to surrender their valuables all in the name of prank?
All for social media visibility and monetization.

I have said it before and I will say it again that Social media platforms were more peaceful and sane before the advent of monetization wahala. People are getting too m@d over this online presence thing. Nobody considers the implications of what they do anymore, as long as their pages grow.

I made a video two years back where i registered my grievàncé over the way content creators pull pranks on people. In that video, I wished government could b@n content creators from doing prank videos.

What if the person you are pranking was hypertensive or suffering from a heart dîsé@se?

I remember the prank that Untouchable comedy played on Destiny Etiko back then. If destiny had any medical condition, she would have diéd. I even félt the heat.

back To my story***

My Teammate, Nwankwo Ifunanya dîéd because of a stuupid prank?

I don't even know how to explain how I am bürning in angér fôr this reason.

Do you know the worst part? Ifunanya just did her convocation in Unizik last two weeks. A fresh smart graduate of quantity surveying.

Life cut short and dreams shatteréd because of a meaningléss prank.

I am very angry and I wish I can open my heart for y'all to see.

The guy who played the prank is in poilice custody but would that even bring back Ifunanya to life? Will it give her parents another ifunanya?

No amount of punishment on that guy would be able to right the wróng.

If you lack content, shût down your page and go learn a skill. Don't Put people's lives on the line.

TOPCRUISE:
Though an expensive prank, the ladies decision to jump while on board a tricycle is an expensive suicide decision when life no get part 2. It's sad that they over reacted to what turned out to be a prank.

Realtord43:
Sad

The way prankers are now going extreme just for contents call for concern. The need for them to be regulated is a neccessity at this point.