[size=14pt]When Kehinde hung himself *And the shocking revelations from his suicide note[/size]
Written by Oluwatoyin Malik
Sunday, August 28, 2011


When the news of suicide committed by an undergraduate,Kehinde Akintunde, broke on Sunday last week, many people who heard it found it shocking, not because suicide was a strange occurrence but the circumstances which surrounded Kehinde's act, as well as the note he left behind, were incomprehensible, especially to his family members who never believed such could happen in their family, not to talk of their smiling, easy-going, brilliant child taking such a non-reversible step. It was suicide extraordinaire.
Kehinde, a 400 level student of Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure was in Lagos State where he was undergoing industrial training, which was part of his course requirements. With a twin brother who was also doing his youth service, Kehinde found it convenient staying in their sister's house in Lagos. He had left the house in the morning of Friday, August 19, 2011 as usual, bidding farewell as he stepped out, giving everyone the impression that he was going to the place where he was doing his industrial training.


Not too long afterwards, he received a call from his twin brother who wanted to know where he was. "I am about boarding a bus to Yaba", Kehinde was reported to have replied. Unknown however to any soul, except himself, Kehinde had other plans that would forever put a demarcation between him and his loved ones forever.


He boarded a vehicle to Ibadan and went to Apata area where he walked into an hotel around 12noon and checked in. He was with a back pack and held a bottle of water. He made enquiries about the cost of the rooms and paid for one. As he spoke with the receptionist who booked him in, he was full of smiles and did not betray any emotion or reveal what his intention would soon be. After he had been handed the key to Room 13, he climbed the stairs and made for the room.

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Kehinde's body dangling from the ceiling with his trousers wet with urine. Inset is the close shot of the hook to which he tied the rope.



Around 11.30a.m. on Saturday, August 20, the receptionist who was on duty noticed that the key to Room 13 was not among other keys and when the receptionist on duty the previous day resumed duty later in the afternoon, she pointed her attention to this. The duo quickly reported to the hotel manager who told them to hold on as it was possible that the guest forgot to drop the key or still had the intention of spending one more night.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/features/4902-when-kehinde-hung-himself-and-the-shocking-revelations-from-his-suicide-note