Tragedy as 21-year-old undergraduate commits suicide over failed relationship

A 100 level Microbiology student of Nasarawa state University allegedly kills herself after the conclusion of her second-semester exams, held on Friday, December 8, over a failed relationship at an off-campus lodge near Family and Friends Hotel, opposite the university campus. 

The 21-year-old student, Sarah, who is the last born in a family of four children, reportedly waited to round off her second semester exams before retiring quietly into her apartment and bolting the door. She then took a keg containing a poisonous substance suspected to be an agrochemical and gulped its contents.

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Students and neighbours were said to have made efforts to intervene and minimize the impact of the poisonous substance by forcing some palm oil down her throat but it was too late.

Sarah’s cousin, Miss Patience Maikefi, who is also a student of the school, said the deceased had called her on the phone after completing her semester examinations and that she was tired of everything and could not bear it any longer.

She also recalled that the deceased ended the call abruptly following which she made several attempts to call her back but she did not respond, only for a roommate of the deceased student to call her later to meet them at the school clinic. 

Patience, who spoke amid tears, said on reaching the university clinic, she was informed that her cousin had died from the consumption of a poisonous substance suspected to be either sniper or agrochemical.

Also, one of the students, who gave his name as Danjuma, said that “We met here early this year when she came for her four-year degree programme and we shared a good relationship as students. She was gentle, calm and cool.”

“We used to see her with a young man who was coming here regularly. They were usually in loved-up scenarios and appeared to have bonded.

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“In fact, they showed every sign of two people who were truly in love. But a few weeks before the second semester examination, we were no longer seeing the guy around her and she was showing signs of someone who was worried.

“We tried to find out what was wrong with her but she kept everything to herself and managed to do the second semester examination.

“She was actually not looking happy or excited throughout the period of the examination.

“We became suspicious when she entered her room after her last paper and did not come out for a long time. We knocked on her door but there was no response.

“Initially, we felt she might have slept off as a result of fatigue from the hectic nights of the exam period. But when she still did not come out after a while, we forced her door open only to discover that she had consumed a chemical and her condition was so bad. We quickly found the means to rush her to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead on arrival.”

Danjuma also mentioned that the late Sarah actually showed some signs of depression, but she did not leave any suicide note to explaining the reason for her action, neither did she talk to anybody on the reason for her action before she passed on.

A close friend of the late Sarah, who pleaded anonymity, said she had earlier called to inform her that she had completed her last semester examinations and needed to take a little rest before going to Akwanga.

She noted that a few hours after their telephone conversation, she did not respond to her calls or return them until he was later informed that Sarah had committed suicide.

She added that Sarah had been suffering from depression following alleged betrayer by her boyfriend and she had contemplated suicide on several occasions.

“She told me that the guy she held close to heart cheated on her and abandoned her while she loved him with all her heart. She said she did not want to live anymore, and that killing herself would be the ultimate solution,” she said.

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The late Sarah was buried a few days ago in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

The Nasarawa State Police Command said it had commenced investigation into the alleged suicide by the 100-level Microbiology student.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the personnel of the Angwan Lambu Police Division in Keffi had been deployed to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the said suicide.