When a young undergraduate suddenly commits suicide, neighbours
and friends are bound to draw various conclusions.
Till date, people are wondering why an undergraduate of the
University of Lagos identified simply as Seun committed suicide on January 19.
His action has left his family and friends in shock.
Claims by neighbours that he was a brilliant student in school
could not be ascertained as efforts to investigate which department he was,
proved abortive.
He lived with his aunt at 9, Alhaja Adijat Lawal, Beesam,
Mafoluku, Lagos, where the incident was said to have occurred.
When our correspondent paid the family a visit, Seun’s aunt was
still in shock.
“Please, I cannot say anything because this is a big tragedy for
us,” said the woman, who did not give her name, said.
But some neighbours who spoke to our correspondent gave an
insight into the kind of person Seun was and the circumstances surrounding his
alleged suicide.
Most of those who spoke declined to give their names because
they fear the deceased’s family might not look kindly upon them for speaking on
their tragedy.
A young woman said of Seun, “I knew he was a student. I just did
not know he attended UNILAG. He was an easy going and quiet man. We probably
would have been close if he was not the quiet type.
“The day of the incident, I just got home from an errand and I
was told Seun had been rushed to a hospital. When I asked what happened, I was
told he went out to buy a substance and locked himself inside his room.
“I still don’t know what happened to make him take that action.
I think those in the house when he went to buy the substance must have
suspected he was going to do something drastic because they later forced the
door open, but he had already ingested the substance he went to buy. They
quickly took him to the hospital.”
It was learnt that Seun died later that evening in the hospital.
The young woman who spoke with our correspondent said she did
not know the hospital Seun was taken to for treatment.
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