A student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology has committed suicide.
The student, identified as Adesoji Adeniran, was in his final year of Urban and Regional Planning studies.
Adeniran’s corpse was discovered hanging from the ceiling around 5:30 am by his roommates who had gone to study the previous night.
His corpse has since been taken to the mortuary for immediate autopsy.
“He has two roommates. The roommates went for a night study on Friday. When they returned to the room on Saturday, they discovered that he had hanged himself with a cable. Nobody has an idea why he killed himself,” one of the students who volunteered to speak on anonymity said.
Another friend of the victim said that Adeniran did not give any hint of what was to happen a few hours to the incident.
“As his friend, what pained me most was that we still played together on Friday night. He never opened up to me. We asked him to go with us for the night study, but he said he preferred to stay behind. Around 5.30am when we returned, we found his corpse. He was almost done with his final year project and he never complained of anything. We are a clique and we eat together; it was all fun, until we found his corpse.”
He, however, noted that Adeniran probably suffered depression even though his outward disposition was lively.
DSP Ajisebutu Adekunle, Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Police Department, said: “The deceased committed suicide by hanging himself on the ceiling fan. He didn’t leave any suicide note. The case is under investigation. Meanwhile, the corpse has been deposited at LAUTECH morgue for autopsy.”