OAU student commits suicide | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
20th April 2021
A student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Adedeji Emmanuel, has committed suicide.
This was announced by the Chief Security Officer of the school, Babatunde Oyatokun, Tuesday evening.
“The Security Department announces the painful departure of a student of the Faculty of Admin; Adedeji Emmanuel who till his time of passing was a 200-level student of Management and Accounting.
“It is being speculated that he died as a result of intake of pesticide and all evidence points towards this but we have launched an investigation to unravel circumstances surrounding the incident.”
He had reportedly told his friends on Friday that he would commit suicide and had taken a portion of the pesticide on Tuesday.
The young man was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance but was brought in dead.
A source in the school said a friend had gone to the health centre and witnessed how Emmanuel was rushed to the hospital.
It was also stated that the nurses confirmed the young man drank Sniper.
“He was rushed this morning to the health centre but the ambulance brought him in dead. My friend who is sick went to the health centre this morning and witnessed the incident. He told me about it. He told me the nurses confirmed he drank Sniper,” the source said.
A Twitter user @theefeyisayo, who confirmed it, said the deceased had always been discouraged by his mother, who always told him he would not be successful in life.
He alleged that whenever Emmanuel threatened to commit suicide, his mother ignored the threat.
His tweet read, “One guy took Sniper in OAU today. I was with the boy on Friday night. Apparently, the mum always tells him he can’t amount to nothing and whenever he threatens suicide, she always like, ‘leave him, that’s how he does’. Mama don come meet dead body in school today (His mum met his dead body in school today when she came).”