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A 500-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Adesoji Adediran, has committed suicide.
Reports said the Urban and Regional Planning student, who did not leave any suicide note, hanged himself in his hostel in Ogbomoso at the weekend.
Adediran’s roommates told police and the school authorities that they returned to the room after a usually night out reading, to find Adediran dangling from the ceiling having used a cable to hang himself.
The police were said to have removed the corpse and deposited it in a morgue.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) in Oyo State, Mr Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the incident saying the command was already investigating the incident.
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This is the third suicide-related case reported in Lagos and Oyo in less than 48 hours.
On sunday, a medical doctor packed his car along the Third Mainland Bridge and jumped into the lagoon. He died. On Monday afternoon, another woman, in an apparent suicide attempt, also jumped in the lagoon. She was however rescued.
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