A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State identified as Opeyemi Grace Dara reportedly commits suicide after the consumption of a lethal substance best known as sniper.
According to the institution she took the substance twice and was first rushed to the hospital for treatment were she survived but unfortunately took another dose.
In a statement issued by the OAU spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju, Dara who resided off-campus, allegedly first took the sniper on April 22, 2019. He said, “the security unit of the University, on getting the information, went to her house, took her first to the University Health Centre where she was referred to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex.”
Olanrewaju said, “She was treated and discharged home to her parents. She was said to have been brought in by the parents and readmitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the OAUTHC last Thursday, August 1 after another dose of sniper, and she, unfortunately, died the next day. There are indications that she had an underlying medical condition which probably was behind her choice of committing suicide.
The police however said investigation is ongoing.
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