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19-year-old student dies by suicide in Osun

Ms Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the compound with a telephone cable.

• September 11, 2022
Suicide rope
Suicide illustrated

A 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, was found hanging dead by a telephone cable in Ilesa, Osun State.

The police said the deceased committed.

Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson for the Osun State police command, said in Osogbo on Sunday the case was reported at Ilesa ‘A’  Division, by Agboola Olusola, a youth leader in the town.

The command spokesperson said no mark of violence was found on the body of the deceased when the police visited the scene of the incident.

Ms Opalola said the police took photographs of the scene and the corpse deposited at Wesley Guild Hospital mortuary in Ilesa.

She said an investigation had commenced into the matter. 

(NAN)

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