A final year Pharmacy student of Delta State University, Abraka, Orumah Efemena has killed himself with a substance suspected to be “sniper” insecticide after obtaining poor results in his final examination.
According to The Punch, the student committed suicide after school authorities handed him a two-semester extension, the second time he would be repeating the class.
The first child of his parents, Efemena was said to have also been queried by his father over the situation.
The deceased ingested the substance on Wednesday in the hostel where he lived.
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A classmate of the deceased identified as Amaka said, “He was previously in class the day he died. He looked very happy and he exchanged jokes with his course mates. Some of his friends were even with him at home but after they left, he drank sniper and died.”
Efemena was buried on Thursday.