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News - North Central - Kwara Updated: August 04, 2022

Kwara: 17-Year-Old Student Commits Suicide Over Exam Failure

By Deborah Oyewole
August 04, 2022
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Adegoke Adeyemi, a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, has allegedly taken his life after being asked to repeat a class at school.

Adeyemi, according to Police sources, was found hanging on a tree due to shame from his inability to gain promotion from SS1 to SS2 at school.

Confirming the development in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer in Kwara Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, the deceased was found hanging on a tree behind  Ariya garden hotel, Offa.

“The victim who was later identified as Adegoke Adeyemi ‘M’ aged 17years, a student of Offa grammar school, who was believed to have hanged himself as a result of his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS 2, which necessitated his being asked to repeat the class.

“Information was received by the Divisional Police Officer, Offa, at about 15:34hours of 2/8/2022 to the effect that, a boy’s lifeless body was seen hanging on a tree behind Ariya garden hotel, Offa. A team of policemen from the Divisional headquarters was swiftly drafted to the scene.

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“The corpse of the deceased student was removed from a tree behind Ariya Garden Hotel, Offa, by a team of policemen from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa, at about 15.34hours on Tuesday.

“The corpse was taken to the Offa General Hospital for autopsy, while an investigation has been launched into the matter,” he explained.

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Deborah Oyewole

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