Crimes

Teenager commits suicide over failure to pass exam in Kwara

A 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State has committed suicide over his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2.

The incident was disclosed via a statement issued on Wednesday by the Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi.

Ajayi disclosed that the student was asked to repeat the class because he failed the exam.

He added that the corpse of the deceased was removed from a tree behind Ariya Garden Hotel, Offa, by a team of policemen from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa, at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday.

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“The corpse was taken to the Offa General Hospital for autopsy, while an investigation has been launched into the matter,” the police spokesperson said.

In another development, the spokesman said an alleged notorious cultist on the wanted list of the anti-cultism team and other members of his gang, on a mission to carry out another gruesome attack on a target yet to be identified, was traced and arrested in a supermarket located in the Unity area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Tuesday.

“The Commissioner of Police in Kwara, Tuesday Assayomo, advised parents to monitor their wards and show them love at all times,” Ajayi added.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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