A final-year student of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, identified as Favour Ugwuka has allegedly committed suicide.
It was gathered that Miss Favour committed suicide in her hostel at the Ishieke Campus of the university in Abakaliki, the state capital.
According to reports, the deceased, a final year student in the Department of English Language, passed all her courses but repeatedly failed a particular course whose lecturer had allegedly vowed she would never pass.
In a trending video, a woman, said to be the deceased student’s mother, blamed a lecturer for making her daughter commit suicide.
“Dr Enyi said he is the best, that nobody can teach like him. He should come and carry my daughter who has committed suicide,” the mother stated in the video.
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 alleged, “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.
“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,” Nwome said.
Meanwhile, the Ebonyi Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the incident on Thursday.
“Yes, the command has received the report of suicide by a female student,” the command’s spokesman, DSP Joshua Ukandu, said; adding that the matter has been reported to the headquarters.
The university is yet to issue a statement on the matter.
