The Administration of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile – Ife, has stated Opeyemi Dara, a 400-Stage scholar who dedicated suicide was doing properly academically.

Street2view had reported that Opeyemi Dara, who was a last 12 months scholar of Faculty of Arts, Division of English Language, allegedly dedicated suicide over poor tutorial efficiency.

The general public Relations Officer of the college, Abiodun Olarewaju, had stated that the college will get to the basis of the incident and get again to the general public. Olarewaju in an announcement launched on Monday, stated that that Opeyemi’s Cumulative Grade Level Common (CGPA), which was 2.68, was on the Second Class Decrease (2.2) band and couldn't be stated to be poor academically, opposite to claims that she dedicated suicide due to poor grades.

The assertion equally famous that Opeyemi had no excellent course to jot down and was solely getting ready to submit her last 12 months mission as a scholar of the English Division.
The assertion reads: “The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile – Ife, will wish to commiserate with the mother and father, guardians, colleagues, mates and well-wishers of late Opeyemi Dara, an element 4 scholar of the Division of English, who was stated to have dedicated suicide allegedly due to poor tutorial efficiency.

“The authorities of the College would, nevertheless, like to make use of this medium to place the information straight.
“Miss Dara is on a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of two.68 which certified her, no less than, to be a median scholar on a 2-2 grade level.

“It's, due to this fact, our agency perception {that a} scholar who was on Second Class ((Lower Division) can't be stated to be poor academically, discuss much less of committing suicide due to such.

“In precise reality, Opeyemi DARA did NOT have any excellent course besides her mission which she was but to submit.

“The mission couldn't have been a problem to her as a result of she had authored two books – ‘Heels on Metal’ (a play) and ‘ Let Me Run Mad At the moment (a poem) each revealed by the Phrases Rhymes and Rhythm Restricted (www.wrr.ng).

“Opeyemi DARA was admitted to the University within the 2014/2015 tutorial session and her graduating 12 months result (2017/2018) signifies that SHE HAD PASSED ALL THE DEPARTMENTAL COURSES besides. Analysis Methodology and Venture (EGL 420).

“She had NOT submitted any essay for grading which is comprehensible by advantage of her encounter of April 22 and the truth that she had not reported within the College since then.

“The Obafemi Awolowo College has a really sturdy Pupil Advisory System which has been in place for many years, and the college has the very best variety of devoted Steerage Counsellors of any college in Nigeria.

“The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede has appealed to all workers and college students of the College to benefit from the mechanisms put in place by the College administration in addressing all tutorial, social, medical and different challenges.

“All youths are suggested by no means to see suicide as an choice, since powerful instances don't last but are solely passing phases within the lives of all mortals.”

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