Varsity student commits suicide over school’s failed accreditation

The Provost of the tertiary institution, who also confirmed that the nursing course failed to get accreditation, insisted that she committed suicide because of her pregnancy.

Ajoke, a 300-level student of Havarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, has committed suicide.

The private university student was said to have taken her own life after failing to meet up with the accreditation requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).

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It was gathered that the deceased student had on Monday, February 19, 2024, consumed insecticide and slumped on her way to her boyfriend’s house.

It was, however, learnt that the institution’s failure to secure accreditation of the NMCN for its nursing courses frustrated the 300-level student of Basic Medical Science to take her life.

According to a source, the student committed suicide after finding out that the school could not be accredited for nursing despite spending over three years already studying the course.

“For more than four months, she had been depressed because the course she was studying was not accredited.

“She used to think and complain because she claimed her parent used all the money they had to send her to the school.

“Things now got worse when she discovered she was pregnant and she could not even have a certificate for the course she had done for four years.

“I learnt she called her mum yesterday and told her that would be the last time to speak with her,” source as stated.

An official at the state Ministry of Health who did not mention her name for security reasons stated that preliminary findings revealed that the deceased was depressed even before the pregnancy.

Reacting to the development, the provost of the institution, Dr. Ismail Oyetunji said the activities surrounding the death of the student happened outside the school’s premises, insisting that she committed suicide because of the pregnancy.