TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
A male staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Fisayo Oyeniyi, has committed suicide inside his apartment.
It was gathered that Oyeniyi hung himself in his residence after sending a suicide text to his family.
The note the university worker left for his aged mother, wife and children was said to have revealed that the deceased wasn’t interested in living again.
The Point learnt that Oyeniyi, who was one of the armed guards in the security department, left his working place for his house around Kanmi bus stop, at Ifewara road, Ile-Ife, to commit suicide.
A source in the area said that the incident happened on Thursday afternoon.
“I saw people rushing to his (deceased) apartment to see for themselves to be sure of what Mr. Oyeniyi has done to himself.
“We saw where he hung himself, dangling on the rope inside. He has been buried. This is so sad,” the source who did not want to be named said.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police, Osun State, Yemisi Opalola, said the matter had yet to be reported to the police.
“It has not been reported to the police. I asked the DPO of Moore Police Station, that covers the university community, and he told me he didn’t hear anything like that,” Opalola told our correspondent on the telephone.
But the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju, confirmed the incident.
Olanrewaju said Oyeniyi left office after he sent a suicide text to his mother, wife and children.
The university community has been thrown into mourning following the shocking demise of the security guard.
