NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

The Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement said the undergraduate made the suicidal attempt at 8.00 a.m. on Saturday, adding that information from some sympathisers are pointing toward depression over an unresolved issue.

“The victim, Miss Chinwendu Odoh, 24, is from Enugu Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA and a 200 level microbiology student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She allegedly drank a substance believed to be ‘Sniper’ insecticide with a view to taking her life.

“Odoh was, however, promptly rushed to the Royal Cross Hospital, Nsukka, where she is being revived. Information from some sympathisers are pointing toward depression over an unresolved issue.The victim is now responding to treatment in the hospital’ he said.

Meanwhile the police spokesman said a full-scale investigation into the incident is being carried out by the police.