The body of a
final year student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has been found dangling
from a rope in his room. The deceased left a note behind where he apologised
to
his family, according to accounts by a source close to the family. The
university authorities have confirmed the incident, but said the family has not
officially informed the institution.
A final year
student of agricultural engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who
is also reported to be a participant of the Mavrodi Mondial Movement investment
scheme (MMM), has committed suicide.
Premium Times
reports the student, identified as Tobechukwu Okeke was found on Sunday
morning, November 27, dangling from a rope in his room at Odenigwe, a community
in Nsukka, Enugu state.
The deceased
was said to have left a note behind where he apologised to his family,
according to accounts by a neighbor close to the family.
The contents
of the note read:
“Mother,
Father, brother, I’m sorry. Ify, may your children never suffer. Uncle Mathias,
you gave me all. I am sorry. Death calls. Linguistic department, I am sorry.
Okeke Tobechukwu S. 2012/185649,” the neighbour, who did not want to be named,
quoted
Though the
cause of Mr. Okeke’s death is yet to be ascertained, some of his neighbours
suggested that he was in debt, some said he was tired of schooling, others
attributed his suicide to the loss of money in a network business he invested
into.
The deceased’s
last Facebook posts showed he had been involved in the controversial MMM scheme
as he used his account to advertise the scheme.
His last post,
in September, read:
“MMM is
enriching lives of millions of Nigerians everyday. If you care to join or you
have any questions please send me a message or comment below.”
One of the
deceased’s colleagues, who also did not want to be named, said he was given an
electrical wiring job to do at the department of linguistics in the university,
because of his expertise in electrical works.
“I saw him
this (Sunday) morning, he seemed to have a problem which he needed money to
solve,” the colleague added.
The university
authorities have also confirmed the incident, but said the family had not
officially informed the institution.
Uju Umo, the
university’s dean of student affairs said: “I travelled for a burial last
weekend and yesterday I got a text message saying a student had committed
suicide.”
“It happened
at Odenigwe, one of the host communities outside the school and I was told he
left a suicide note apologising to his fellow gamblers.”
Similarly,
Chukwu Emmanuel, the university’s student union president, also confirmed the
incident, and said the matter was being investigated.
“There’s no
concrete details for now,” he added.
People close
to the deceased described him as a comedian who always used jokes to awake
sleeping students during night classes.
“He used to go
around to classes at night to crack jokes and encourage students to forget
their worries and focus,” a friend told Premium Times.
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