Two undergraduate students of UNILAG have commited suicide within a month. A young man of about 27 years simply identified as Seun
committed suicide on January 19. His action has left his family and
friends in shock.
Seun, who lived with his aunt at 9, Alhaja Adijat Lawal, Beesam, Mafoluku, Lagos, where the incident occurred, went out to buy a
substance and locked himself inside his room before ingesting the unidentified substance.
It seemed those in the house when he went to buy
the substance suspected he was going to do something drastic
because they later forced the door open, but he had already ingested the
substance he went to buy. They quickly took him to the hospital but he died later that evening in the hospital. Neighbors say he was a
brilliant student.
Also on New Year’s Eve, Damilola Durojaiye, a
computer science student of the university, also allegedly committed
suicide at his parents’ Akute-Ajuwon, Ogun State home. The 19-year-old was said to be a brilliant student with a cumulative grade point average of about 3.9.
He stayed back at home when his
parents went for the cross-over service, only for them to come back and
see his body dangling from where he hanged himself. The Police Public Relations Officer in
the state, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said at the time that a suicide note was
found where Durojaiye hung himself.
That is really a tragedy, what ever the case may be suicide is not the best decision. In Nigeria Institution, there are many undergraduates out there facing different challenges but they still carry on with their academics.
ReplyDeleteWe need to pray continually for our nation. Especially the youths. May God comfort the Hearts of the members of their family.
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