A 17-year-old student, Adegoke Adeyemi who attends Offa Grammar School, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State has reportedly committed suicide after failing his promotional exam.
According to Police sources, Adegoke took his own life after his school failed to promote him from SS 1 to SS2.
He was said to have been found hanging on a tree an act he was suspected to have committed because he was ashamed to repeat the same class.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Kwara state Public Relations Officer, Okasanmi Ajayi, while confirming the incident in Ilorin the state capital said, “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.
“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.