Ebonyi University final-year student commits suicide

Favour Ugwuka, a final-year student at Ebonyi State University in Abakaliki, has allegedly committed suicide.

 Miss Favour committed suicide in her hostel at the university’s Ishieke Campus in Abakaliki, the state capital.

Further inquiries revealed that the deceased, a final-year student in the Department of English, had completed all of her courses but had repeatedly failed a specific course, which her lecturer had vowedn she would never pass.

In an emotional video posted online, a woman claiming to be the deceased mother blamed a lecturer for her daughter’s death.

According to the woman, who was seen lamenting in the video, “Dr Enyi said he is the best, that nobody can teach like him. He should come and carry my daughter who has committed suicide.”

Also, a graduate of the institution who identified himself as Rex Nwome claimed that the girl committed suicide because she had been failing the particular course repeatedly.

He said, “Favour was my classmate and a best friend to me in the English Department. The above-mentioned lecturer did vow never to allow Favour to graduate.

“You could imagine where she later passed all the courses except that lecturer’s that, she had to pay another extra year tuition fee to rewrite.

“Unfortunately the man failed her again. What resulted in this intense depression is the latest NYSC names that were recently shortlisted, and her name wasn’t there.”

He added, “The girl suffered a lot of depression because she was only left wandering about the EBSU seeking help.  She was very desperate to graduate and serve. This and many more of the disgusting stories resulted in this suicide mission.

“I wish she didn’t go this far to end her life. R. I. P Ugwuka Favour till we meet to part no more.”

The Ebonyi Command of the Nigeria Police Force confirmed the incident, on Thursday.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Joshua Ukandu, told our correspondent that the matter was reported to the headquarters.

He said, “Yes, the command received the report of suicide by a female student.”

At the time of filing this report, efforts to get the reaction of the university proved abortive