A final-year student of Ebonyi State University (EBSU) in Abakaliki, identified as Miss Favour Ugwuka, has committed suicide.
The incident occurred in her hostel at the Ishieke Campus of the university in Abakaliki.
Further investigations revealed that Favour, a final-year student in the Department of English, had passed all her courses except for one, which she repeatedly failed. The lecturer of this particular course had allegedly vowed she would never pass.
In a video circulating online, a woman identified as the deceased’s mother blamed the lecturer for driving her daughter to commit suicide.
According to the woman, who was seen lamenting in the video, “Dr Enyi said he is the best, that nobody can teach like him. He should come and carry my daughter who has committed suicide.”
The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed the incident on Thursday.
The accused lecturer, Dr. Enyi C. Enyi of the Department of English at Ebonyi State University, has refuted the claim made by Rex Nwomeh that his actions or inactions were responsible for the death of Miss Favour Ugwuka.