A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Opeyemi Dara, has allegedly died by suicide.
Dara, who was a student of the Department of English Language, Faculty of Arts, was found dead on Saturday.
The school authorities confirmed that Dara consumed the insecticide named Sniper following her poor academic performance.
Dara’s academic records obtained indicated that she had five outstanding courses and 12 special electives which would have meant an additional year before graduation.
OAU spokesman, Abiodun Olanrewaju, in a statement said the university symphatises with the deceased’s family.
“We sympathise with the parents and guardian of the deceased known as Dara. We just want our students and young ones to know that depression is not a thing they should encourage, no matter the situation or circumstance they find themselves,” Mr Olanrewaju said.
“We want to appeal to students, particularly OAU students to take things easy. Any child that fails; that is why the university says you can rerun a course, you can resit a course.
“People out there also face challenges and when you are in school, failure or repetition of a course or particular subject is also part of the challenges students must face.”
He added that the “university will get to the root of the incident and get back to the public.”
