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UTME: 19-yr-old commits suicide over ‘low score’, gets admission notice 30 minutes later

Nineteen-year-old Opesusi Faith Timilehin on Monday took ‘Push Out’ rodent poison after scoring 190 in the just-released results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Timilehin, from Abeokuta, lived at Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, with her elder sibling.
The Guardian Newspaper learnt that neighbors and residents mourned Timilehin, whom they described as “gentle and humble.”

A family source said the deceased, who applied for microbiology, also sat for the same examination last year.

“She said her last year’s result was better than this year’s,” one of her close allies (name withheld) told our correspondent on the phone.

According to information, Timilehin scored higher than her current 190 in the previous JAMB result in 2024.

Ironically, JAMB gave her provisional admission just about 30 minutes after she was confirmed dead at Kolak Hospital in Odogunyan.

“The shocking revelation is that she was given an admission message via her Gmail yesterday, immediately after she was confirmed dead at Kolak Hospital, Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos,” the source stated.

Meanwhile, Timilehin’s parents, on hearing the sad news, arrived in Ikorodu, allegedly to pick up her remains back to Abeokuta for burial, leaving the residents to rain curses on JAMB for the general mass failure recorded in the examination.

https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/utme-19-yr-old-commits-suicide-over-low-score-gets-admission-notice-30-minutes-later/

So sad...say no to irrational decisions....say no to suicide! May god grant her loved ones the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss!

This is heart breaking.. Suicide rate under APC junta is astronomical. Is like there's nothing to hope for.

RIP to the deceased.

JAMB is yet to give anyone admission notice

One less mouth to feed.

Interesting. There might be an underlying psychological disorder or syndrome. Although some people commit suicide over seemingly minor events, there is usually an underlying condition triggered by the incident. Sadly, the mental health management system in Nigeria is not far from terrible. May the dead rest wherever he is destined.

What a heck, who dey teach all these kids suicide abeg

Chaii, this is sad. May her soul rest in peace

Guardian don dey write fake news too?

And her first name was "Faith". What an irony!

All these fake news. Nolywood script material

Depression is Real

I hope this a joke

Poor parenting.

Useless Nigerian Government killed the innocent poor boy.

Social and family pressure caused this.

Too much pressure in this country to succeed

This is serious.

Don't blame the boy or the government, the parents treating most of this young pupils especially when they fail.

Even if you don't commit suicide, your safety is not guaranteed in this clime

meobizy:
One less mouth to feed.

Why you so cold


🥶🥶🥶🥶

Awww


Rip,only if you had exercised a little patience

Is just the way parents talk to their children after poor performance that led to all of this. I learnt to encourage my children in all performance and they tend to look up to that. We're too harsh to our children sometimes. May her soul rest in peace

Ha. No matter what you’re going through, ending your life is never an option because what is on the side you are going may be worse than what you are experiencing here.

Scrap JAMB

Has JAMB started issuing admission notice?

Weak. Very weak. Why kill yourself because of others. Sadly, shes not the only one that failed but why kill yourself because of others

May God grant her loved ones the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss...

Graduates self never get job

Waste of life