A
27-year old final year student of the National Open University (NOUN)
Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Ayodeji Balogun, has allegedly committed
suicide two days after he was caught cheating during a paper in his
final examinations.
He was allegedly caught cheating while writing the Business Management examination last Saturday.
Ayodeji, however, made his intention to take his own life known to his friends through a post on his Facebook wall.
The
first son in a family of three then went ahead and hanged himself on a
mango tree inside an uncompleted building beside his father’s compound.
Ayodeji,
an ex-student of CMS Grammar School, Bariga, at about 6:13 p.m. on
Monday posted his suicide note on his Facebook wall: “what they said
about me is not true in school, but God knows better. Thanks we see at
the end, I luv u all.”
At 8:04 p.m. that same day, he again updated the wall with “why me” before killing himself early Tuesday morning.
The
sad incident which occurred at the victim’s family’s Oluwaga residence
at the Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area of the state, has
since thrown the entire community into confusion and mourning.
The deceased, tricked his mother into going for a vigil in their
church and also ensured that his aged father was fast asleep before
committing the dastardly act.
His father, Pa Balogun, while
speaking on the sad development, said that since he noticed his son’s
queer behaviour few days ago, he had made several efforts to ensure that
the introvert disclosed what was bothering him to no avail.
“He
told me he was not feeling fine and I tried my best possible afterwards
to know what was troubling him but he won’t say a word.. I asked if he
would like to see the doctor and he said no.
“He even went behind my back to stop the person I asked to go and bring a nurse to treat him.
“When
it was around 8 p.m. on that Monday, he was the one that asked his
mother if she was not going for vigil before she prepared herself and
left for church.
“We were together outside the house till 9 p.m.
before we decided to go in and sleep and I was monitoring his movements
all through the night.
“Twice I caught him trying to sneak out of
the house at odd hours and I stopped him. On the two occasions, he told
me he wanted to ease himself and I ensured that he returned to the
house.
“He was able to perpetrated the devilish act because I slept off when the rain started.
“I
woke around 2am and I couldn’t find him where he was sleeping. I
searched everywhere but still couldn’t find him and I rushed outside to
look for him within the premises.
“Lo and behold, I saw my son’s lifeless body dangling on the mango tree where he hanged himself and I shouted for help.
“In
the morning, we reported the matter at the Ayobo Police Station and
they came to take his photographs and cut the rope he used to hang
himself.
“I have since put the incident behind me because that was how he chose to live his own life,” he said.
His friends who spoke with on condition of anonymity while consoling his parents at their
residence, said that the deceased did not tell them that he was caught
cheating during the examination. They told our correspondent that they
got wind of it after the news had spread all over the campus that he had
committed suicide
“When we got the news, we gather ourselves and
vowed to cause commotion in the school premises. We first of all
approached the lecturer that was said to have caught him cheating in the
exam and the man was crying as he was narrating what transpired between
them on the said day to us.
“He told us that what happened
between them did not warrant him taking his life in the most cruel
manner. He even told us that he was not even taking the issue with
utmost seriousness.
“The lecturer told us he caught him red handed
with the ‘expo’ in his wallet and he seized it from him. He told us
further that Ayo came back afterwards and wrestle the stuff from him and
he became furious and said he will take the issue up with him.
“Throughout
that day in school, he did not tell us anything of such happened, even
though we noticed that he was not feeling his usual self. He was the
type that did share his problem with his friends. We have stayed
together for four years on campus, yet we don’t know much about him
because he likes keeping to himself despite being jovial and friendly,”
one of his colleagues in school told P.M.NEWS.
Source PM News.
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