His name is Idoko Nicholas Inalegwu and he was a medical student of
Benue State University, Makurdi. He died recently in an unexplained
accident. His friends believe he committed suicide because he had fallen
into heavy depression after receiving news of his withdrawal from
medical school after spending 10 years.
According to
Benue.com, after the student died, medical students of the school took his coffin and deposited it at the office of the vice chancellor
in protest, blaming the school's action for his death. See the photos after the cut...
Idoko was withdrawn for failing a haphazardly organised resit exam
that has bedevilled medical students in the institution over the years.
Speaking under anonymity in a telephone conversation, one of the
students said they believe that Idoko took his own life because he
couldn’t bear the news that his 10 years in medical was in vain.
“He had been talking about it, that he wish he died a painless death.
The school have finished him. There is no where in the world that a
medical student is withdrawn after spending 10 years.” He said.
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| Coffin at the VC's office |
According to Benue.com, the students had complained about the manner in which
exams were conducted, where resit exams were prolonged for up to one
whole year as against the stipulated six weeks, with no efforts to
engage the students.
After spending 12 years without graduation, that many of the students
in the medical school have become disillusioned, frustrated, depressed
and some have attempted suicide due to the stagnation and
irregularities but the school management was continuously adamant about
the psychological effects of their long stay in medical school.
The students, after an altercation at the Benue State University
Teaching Hospital mortuary, obtained the coffin of their dead colleague,
marched to the VC’s office, vowing not to leave until their grievances
which bother around the haphazard conduct of exams, manipulation of
results, withdrawals and accreditation, are resolved.
The students this morning, blocked the Gboko-Makurdi Highway causing a
congestion of traffic. They also burned tyres, carrying placards
demanding that their Vice Chancellor address them. They accused the VC
and provost of paying a deaf
ear to the predicaments of the medical students in the school over the
years.
Source: Benue.com
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Benue State University student allegedly commits suicide after he was withdrawn from medical school after spending 10yrs
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