A male student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been hospitalised after sustaining severe burns when a female student allegedly poured boiling water on him.
According to reports from fellow students, the female student suspected the male student, identified as John, of sexually abusing her while she slept. Despite his insistence that he was not involved, the female student allegedly attacked him with scalding water at an off-campus lodge around 2 a.m. on February 21.
Eyewitnesses said that a verbal argument preceded the attack, and after initially retreating to her room, the female student reportedly returned with boiling water and poured it on John. Students who rushed to help found him writhing in pain.
A video shows John lying in a hospital bed with bandages covering his chest, back, arms, shoulder, midriff, and parts of his legs. Fellow students have called for prayers as he fights for his life.
Authorities and the university community have not yet released an official statement regarding the incident.
