BUK female student takes own life over registration
A female student in the Department of
Library Science, Faculty of Education,
Bayero University Kano (BUK), has ended
her life by taking an insecticide.
She left a suicide note saying that she has
failed to meet a dateline for the
registration of an elective course.
In the note she said, “I will not apply for
course suspension my academics is all I
live for, if I can’t get it right, f**k existing.”
The student, Sarah Imoleaya Ighidabo,
from Edo State, failed an elective course
unit in the faculty of sciences after
missing examinations and was made to
repeat the course. Ms Ighidalo had
passed all her major courses in Library
Science.
But by missing registration of her elective
course, meant that she was not enrolled
for the course during the semester and
had to retake the course next year.
However, on Thursday May 12, 2016, the
deceased went to the faculty’s office to
see if anything could be done about her
case, but she found out that it was too
late to make any amends.
Consequently, she became restless, left
the office and descended the stairs to
where she had kept her bag. There, she
was said to have written a suicide note
and brought out a container of Sniper
insecticide used mostly in driving away
soil borne pests and drank it. She left her
mobile phone, charger, suicide note, her
bag and the container under the staircase
and returned to the office.
A source in the Computer Science
Department told Daily Trust that soon
after the student was told that her
registration for the course was
incomplete due to a late registration, she
left the office without talking to anybody.
The source added that it seemed the
student had already planned the suicide
even before she encountered some
challenges in the process of her
registration.
“She drank the insecticide under the
staircase and left the container, her
handbag, phone charger and other
belongings in a hidden corner,” the source
said.
“When she returned to the office, she
began to complain of a chest pain and, in
no time, she lost her consciousness. She
was then rushed to the university clinic.
“But the problem was beyond the
university clinic and she was taken to
AKTH (Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital) and
that was where she died,” said the source.
Immediately after the incidence occurred,
the news went round the campuses and
sent the faculty into a state of shock.
Daily Trust gathered that by the time that
the news of her death filtered out, the
empty container of the Sniper, her
handbag, registration forms, bank
payment receipts and phone charger
were discovered by some students under
the staircase.
The registration forms contained her
name, registration number (Edu/12/
LIS/00195), mode of entry, which is Direct
Entry (DE), date of birth (01/01/1970), local
government of origin (Etsako East local
government) and her state of origin, Edo
State.
The forms also contained her home
address (Yelwa Television, Kaduna), her
marital status, (single) and her next of kin.
Philomena Umoru was stated as her
mother’s name. She resides in the same
area in Kaduna.
The student’s payment form of N29, 000
in the First Bank of Nigeria, Kuje branch,
also contained her phone number and
email address.
On the top of the form and at its bottom,
a hand writing indicating: “Library &
Information Science LIS4205,” was seen.
At the back of one of the two forms, the
student wrote a message that read: “I will
not apply for course suspension. My
academic is all I live for. If I can’t get it
right, fuck existing.”
Daily Trust learnt that a similar message
was found in her room outside the
campus.
Sources told Daily Trust that, already, the
university management had received an
interim report about the incidence from
the concerned head of department.
The university’s authority, it was gathered,
is still investigating the incidence.
Efforts to reach the Director Public Affairs
Ahmed Shehu were not successful. He
sent a text message saying he was in a
meeting.
When contacted by phone, the Police
Public Relations Officer, Kano State
Command, Deputy Superintendent Musa
Majia said the University authorities have
reported the case to police on Monday
and that the Commissioner, Alhaji Maigari
Abbati had ordered the transfer of the
case to the Criminal Investigation
Department for further inquiry.
Library Science, Faculty of Education,
Bayero University Kano (BUK), has ended
her life by taking an insecticide.
She left a suicide note saying that she has
failed to meet a dateline for the
registration of an elective course.
In the note she said, “I will not apply for
course suspension my academics is all I
live for, if I can’t get it right, f**k existing.”
The student, Sarah Imoleaya Ighidabo,
from Edo State, failed an elective course
unit in the faculty of sciences after
missing examinations and was made to
repeat the course. Ms Ighidalo had
passed all her major courses in Library
Science.
But by missing registration of her elective
course, meant that she was not enrolled
for the course during the semester and
had to retake the course next year.
However, on Thursday May 12, 2016, the
deceased went to the faculty’s office to
see if anything could be done about her
case, but she found out that it was too
late to make any amends.
Consequently, she became restless, left
the office and descended the stairs to
where she had kept her bag. There, she
was said to have written a suicide note
and brought out a container of Sniper
insecticide used mostly in driving away
soil borne pests and drank it. She left her
mobile phone, charger, suicide note, her
bag and the container under the staircase
and returned to the office.
A source in the Computer Science
Department told Daily Trust that soon
after the student was told that her
registration for the course was
incomplete due to a late registration, she
left the office without talking to anybody.
The source added that it seemed the
student had already planned the suicide
even before she encountered some
challenges in the process of her
registration.
“She drank the insecticide under the
staircase and left the container, her
handbag, phone charger and other
belongings in a hidden corner,” the source
said.
“When she returned to the office, she
began to complain of a chest pain and, in
no time, she lost her consciousness. She
was then rushed to the university clinic.
“But the problem was beyond the
university clinic and she was taken to
AKTH (Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital) and
that was where she died,” said the source.
Immediately after the incidence occurred,
the news went round the campuses and
sent the faculty into a state of shock.
Daily Trust gathered that by the time that
the news of her death filtered out, the
empty container of the Sniper, her
handbag, registration forms, bank
payment receipts and phone charger
were discovered by some students under
the staircase.
The registration forms contained her
name, registration number (Edu/12/
LIS/00195), mode of entry, which is Direct
Entry (DE), date of birth (01/01/1970), local
government of origin (Etsako East local
government) and her state of origin, Edo
State.
The forms also contained her home
address (Yelwa Television, Kaduna), her
marital status, (single) and her next of kin.
Philomena Umoru was stated as her
mother’s name. She resides in the same
area in Kaduna.
The student’s payment form of N29, 000
in the First Bank of Nigeria, Kuje branch,
also contained her phone number and
email address.
On the top of the form and at its bottom,
a hand writing indicating: “Library &
Information Science LIS4205,” was seen.
At the back of one of the two forms, the
student wrote a message that read: “I will
not apply for course suspension. My
academic is all I live for. If I can’t get it
right, fuck existing.”
Daily Trust learnt that a similar message
was found in her room outside the
campus.
Sources told Daily Trust that, already, the
university management had received an
interim report about the incidence from
the concerned head of department.
The university’s authority, it was gathered,
is still investigating the incidence.
Efforts to reach the Director Public Affairs
Ahmed Shehu were not successful. He
sent a text message saying he was in a
meeting.
When contacted by phone, the Police
Public Relations Officer, Kano State
Command, Deputy Superintendent Musa
Majia said the University authorities have
reported the case to police on Monday
and that the Commissioner, Alhaji Maigari
Abbati had ordered the transfer of the
case to the Criminal Investigation
Department for further inquiry.
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