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,
Bleep 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.

Source: www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/education/buk-female-student-takes-own-life-over-registration/148429.html