Dog bites off student’s scrotum in Ekiti

An unguarded dog owned by a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, bit off another student scrotum in an attack.
The dog that attacked the student, Sadiq Opeyemi, 18 was said to belong to Abass Olagunju, 24 and 400-Level student of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture of the same university.
It was learnt that students within the area rushed to the rescue of the victim but the dog had already bitten some parts of his private parts.
Confirming the happening, the Public Relations Officer of the institution’s Students Union Government, Oluwafemi Adegbeyeni, said the victim, a 100-level student of the Animal Science department had been taken to the hospital.
He added that the dog had been a threat to people living in that area, stressing that students had been warned to always secure their dogs to prevent such incidents from happening.
Following the incident, the police were informed after which the dog was arrested.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Funmi Odulami, said the dog bit the upper thigh of the victim, noting that the attack also affected the undergraduate’s scrotum.
While disclosing that the victim had been stabilized, she said that the victim was immediately rushed to Inland Specialist Hospital, Ikare-Akoko where he was treated for the attack.