Photo: The teenager hangs sell on a tree and dies
A 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School in Offa Local Government Area, Kwara State, has committed suicide over his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2.
The police in Kwara made this known in a statement issued by the State Police Public Relation Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in Ilorin.
Ajayi said 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.
He said that the student decided to take his own life when he was asked to repeat the class because he failed the exam.
”The corpse was taken to the Offa General Hospital for autopsy, while an investigation has been launched into the matter,” he said.
