300l Nigerian student kills self over failed accreditation

Voice Air Media, VAM News Update

A 300-level student of Basic Medical Science of Havarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta, simply identified as Ajoke has reportedly committed suicide on Monday evening.

The deceased, was said to have drank a poisonous substance, suspected to be sniper.

Her lifeless body, believed to be pregnant, was discovered in her off-campus hostel room.

Unconfirmed report has it that the depressed lady killed herself as soon as she found out that she was expecting a child.

One of the deceased colleagues, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said the deceased’s condition was worsened after finding out that the school had failed to meet up with the accreditation requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and could not be accredited for nursing, despite spending three years studying the course.

“For more than four months now, she (deceased) had been depressed because of the fact that the course she was studying was not accredited.

“She used to think and complain because she claimed her parents used all the money they have to send her to the school.

“Things now got worse when she discovered she was pregnant and she could not even have a certificate for the course she had done for years”, the source said.