Reports of recent about the 22-year old Business Administration student of Lagos State Polytechnic who committed suicide is still a misery and bizarre happening..
The mother of the deceased has narrated to Punch the events of the day the tragic incident occurred.
The woman , who identified herself as Iya Ibeji, said that her daughter Damilola Adegoke took Sniper ( an insecticide ) on Tuesday evening .
Damilola , a National Diploma 1 student of Business Administration , had written a message of encouragement on her Facebook page on Monday .
“ Only two of us lived together and we didn ’ t have any disagreement . She didn ’ t quarrel with anybody. That morning , we both ate bread and stew . She said she would use the remaining stew to prepare noodles later in the day . She lay on the bed , pressing her phone while I had a nap on the tiles .
When I told her I was going to her sister ’ s shop at First Gate around 1 pm , she said , ‘ Eyo mi le jare ( let me be ) .’ She started using that slang recently . Her sister and I had questioned her about it. We didn ’ t read any negative meaning to it. I didn ’ t want to go out that day , she persuaded me so she could carry out her plan .
On getting back home around 9 pm , I met her sleeping and tried to wake her up . That was when I discovered she was in a coma . I smelled sniper in her mouth and raised the alarm . I gave her palm oil and water while people joined me to take her to a private hospital . She could not talk. From that hospital , we rushed her to a primary health centre in our community . She was confirmed dead on arrival and we reported to the police . Nothing strange was found on her mobile phone, ” the deceased ’s mother said.
Iya Ibeji said she spoke to Damilola at about 7PM that evening .
Adegoke’ s childhood friend and course mate , Faith Omoh , also said they spoke on the phone a couple of hours before her death.
“ We talked around 7 pm that day and she was cheerful. I was shocked when her mother told me she drank snipper . Damilola ( Adegoke ) was friendly and likeable . We checked her mobile phone and Whatsapp chats, we didn ’ t find any suspicious information there. We both gained admission to study Business Administration at LASPOTECH last year and our second semester examination is about to start ,” Faith said .
