Details have come in as to why a 300 level student of the Biochemistry Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) took his own life on Friday, March 12.
According to reports, the deceased identified as Daniel Mba, from Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State was caught using his phone during an ongoing examination in his department. This is an offence known as exam malpractice and punishable under the law.
A lecturer reportedly seized his phone, tore his script a few minutes to the end of the exam and handed him a new script to start all over.
The deceased was said to have left the examination hall to his lodge at Onuiyi, in Nsukka LGA of the state and allegedly injected some poisonous substances including rat poison.
When the poisons failed to produce immediate results, the student jumped from the third floor of a storey building around 11:34 pm.
According to a tenant in the lodge, who identified herself as Nkechi Abo, when the incident happened, they rushed to the deceased’s room where they discovered rat poison, bleach containers and syringes.
Another tenant, Christabel Okpara, who spoke to Vanguard said that they alerted the caretaker of the lodge when they discovered the student struggling for life after jumping from the third floor. He was rushed to the Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka where he died in the early hours of Saturday.
The incident was reported to the police by the caretaker of the lodge after an attempt to revive him failed in the hospital.
The caretaker narrated thus, “A friend who stayed with him when he regained consciousness in the hospital said he complained of frustration with his last examination encounter and financial hardship. He told him that his family was not giving him enough money for upkeep. He said he was bitter that the lecturer also seized his phone.
“When I rushed to the lodge, I saw him on the floor clutching a kitchen knife. We immediately rushed him to the hospital and he was given immediate medical attention. We later returned to his room where we discovered rat poison and bleach. We also saw syringes on the floor. We also saw a rope tied to his ceiling fan.
“He is a loner because I have not seen him with any friend since he packed into the lodge. I was surprised that one girl who identified herself as Scholastica showed up as his girlfriend. I think he must have been suffering from depression silently.”
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