Residents of Ilesa in Osun State are still in shock as to why a 19-year-old undergraduate student of Ipetu Ijesa College of Technology, Victor Olonade who was full of life, could have committed suicide.
TheNewsGuru reports that the lifeless body of the deceased was found and the matter reported to the police by a neighbour.
One of the neighbours told our correspondent that they received the news of the death with a rude shock as there was no indication that the deceased was in any way suicidal.
Others also described Olonade as reserved and easygoing, but without any traces of being capable of taking his own life.
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However, the Osun State Police Command said it has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the 19-year-old.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, stated this in a statement on Sunday.
The command said the lifeless corpse of the teenager was found hanging in one of the rooms at his father’s house on Saturday.
Opalola said following the discovery, the police were alerted, adding that policemen detailed to visit the scene of the incident recovered the corpse.
Upon examination, the PPRO said there were no signs of violence on the body, adding that the corpse had been deposited in a morgue.
The statement read in part, “Around 2.30pm on Saturday, one Agboola Olusola of 049 Isokun Street, Ilesa, reported at Ilesa ‘A’ Division that Victor Olonade, 19, a student of Ipetu Ijesa College of Technology, Osun State, was found dead by hanging in a compound with telephone cable.
“Scene of the crime was visited and no mark of violence was found on the body. The corpse was deposited at the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa. The case is still under investigation.”