19-year-old University student kills self in Osun

A 19-year-old college student has been reported to have committed suicide in Ilesa, Osun State.

In a statement released, the Osun State Police Command confirmed the death of Olonade Tomiwa, a 19-year-old male student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology in Ilesa, Osun State.

The Spokesperson of the State Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo, confirming the incident, said that the body of the deceased was found hanging in the compound with a telephone cable.

According to her, the case was reported at Ilesa ‘A’ Division, by one Agboola Olusola, a youth leader in the town.

The command spokesperson said no mark of violence was found on the deceased’s body when the police visited the incident scene. She said the police took photographs of the scene, and the corpse was deposited at Wesley Guild Hospital mortuary in Ilesa.

She added that an investigation had commenced into the matter.