SUSPECTED SUICIDE: 200 LEVEL UNIZIK STUDENT DIES INSIDE HOSTEL

Reporter: UCHE NDEKE

It was a rude shock on Friday at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka, Anambra State, when an undergraduate was found dead inside one of the hostel blocks in the institution. The deceased who hailed from Isuikwuato local Government area of Abia State was said to be a two hundred level male student studying Industrial Physics.

When Radio Nigeria arrived at the hostel block, students gathered in their numbers expressing shock at the incident while security operatives made efforts to evacuate the remains. One of the students said that the deceased locked himself inside the room and when the door was broken, he was seen dangling with rope around his neck.

Other sources said he never showed any sign of depression before the incident as he was a quiet and calm student. In an interview, the Chief Security Officer of the university, Mr. Ken Chukwura, said the roommates of the deceased had been invited for further questioning while investigation had also commenced into the circumstances surrounding the sad incident.

Mr. Chukwura however called on the students to go about their activities without fear as the situation was under control. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, described the incident as unfortunate, noting that investigation had commenced into the terrible incident.

Radio Nigeria observed that a combined team of school security, the Nigerian Police and top officials of Nnamdi Azikiwe University were on ground before the corpse was evacuated to the mortuary.