Sunday, 29 October 2017

OAU 100-Level Student Took Rat Poison For Failing A 3 Units Course

A student of Microbiology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife who's names are Mercy Olamide Afolaranmi committed suicide.

According to the school's chief Security Officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, Mis Afolaranmi, poisoned her self, Students and neighbor close to the deceased also said she killed herself due to poor grade..


"We got a call that one of our students took poison," Mr Oyatoken said "We got to the hospital to realize that she mixed rat poison. She gave us the contact of her parents but before they arrived, she had giving up already due to the effect of the poison she took."

A neighbor, Bimpe Oni in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said Miss Afolaranmi, who lived off campus at Sabo area of Ile-Ife, died on Thursday, after she took rat poison missed with battery extract.

Mrs. Oni said the late student committed suicide because of "emotional pressure." A student, Aisha, who was Miss Afolaranmi's colleague in the Faculty of Science, said the deceased had ?E" in CHM101 (Chemistry for first year students), a reportedly dreaded course for yeaone students in the science and technology related faculties.

"Merch often isolated herself in class and looked depressed," said Aisha. "She told me she had 'E' in CHM101 and has been going around unhappy before the incident." Another student in the Faculty, Opeyemi, said :she took poison because of result."

The school's Dean of Students Affiars, Isiaka Aransi, also confirmed the news. "Although the reason and the cause of her death is yet to be known, the division is aware of the death of Merch," she said.

Before her death, on October 10, Sh posted on Facebook that. "Above all other things, I just wanna see God, see what He looks like speak with Him face to face. I don't wanna miss heaven. "LORD HELP ME.."


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