…Police investigates.
A 400- Level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta.
Odutola said the 31-year-old student was reported to have been found lying unconscious on a freezer in the room and foaming in the mouth with an empty bottle of Sniper beside her.
According to her, the Director of the hotel reported the incident to the Divisional Police Officer, Ago-Iwoye Division on January 27 at 7:30am.
“The Director of Be-Happy Hotel in Ago-Iwoye, Oduniyi Adelaja, came to the police station and reported that at about 6am on the day, he received information from one Adebayo Israel, a staff member of the hotel.
“Israel said that Adaeze was found lying unconscious and foaming in the mouth on a freezer.
“An empty bottle of Sniper was found beside her, and she was immediately rushed to Best Care Hospital and later transferred to Love and Care Hospital in Ago-Iwoye, where she was confirmed dead.”
The Police spokesperson said the scene of the crime was visited and the empty sniper bottle recovered.
She said that the body of the student had been taken to the OOU Teaching Hospital mortuary for an autopsy.
She said that the police Divisional Crime Branch had begun an investigation into the case adding that the school authorities had been notified.
