A 17-year-old male student of Offa Grammar School, in Kwara State, Adegoke Adeyemi, has reportedly committed suicide after failing to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2.
Adegoke, who was found hanging on a tree, was asked to repeat the class, according to the Kwara Police Command’s spokesperson, Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday.
He said the corpse of the deceased student was removed from a tree behind Ariya Garden Hotel, Offa, by a team of policemen from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa, at about 15.34hours on Tuesday.
According to the police spokesperson, the corpse was taken to the Offa General Hospital for autopsy, while an investigation has been launched into the matter.
