Precious Ogbeide, an Student of the Ambrose Ali University in Ekpoma, Edo State, who graduated in 2018 and allegedly tried to take his own life after the institution allegedly withheld his grades because he was a graduate of the institution. Read Full Article..
Precious allegedly committed suicide on September 25, 2023, by stabbing himself with glass fragments after experiencing depression as a result of the withheld results.
According to a PUNCH article, other frustrated university students have also lamented their inability to receive their degree results despite spending five years at the institution.
The organization purportedly promised the dissatisfied students that the results backlog would be cleared and that those students who had not yet been mobilized for the National Youth Service Corps program would be attended to.
However, a source with knowledge of the situation said to the publication that Ogbeide became angry and chose to commit himself as a result.
I received a call at about 3:30 pm on Monday that Ogbeinde had been rushed to the hospital. I was told he had been showing signs of depression and that they had tried to help in every possible way they could,” the source said.
“The mother told me that he just stood up all of a sudden with a bottle and smashed it on the floor. They told me it was a slip. But he started to pierce his neck and body with the pieces of the broken bottle
“It was the efforts of his relative present at the time of the incident that overpowered him before he was rushed to the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment
“He said he was tired of everything. He said he had not been able to face his parents and family members after going to school for five years without any result to show for it
“He could not get a job because they kept asking him to provide his certificate. He said any time he met those who could help him get a job, they would tell him to wait for his result. He was just fed up with the whole thing and became frustrated that his future was on hold,” the source added.
In the meantime, the school informed the publication—via Mike Aladenika, Head of Corporate Communications and Protocol—that the students whose certificates and results were affected may have experienced difficulties with particular courses while enrolled in the institution.
“If you had graduated and done all you were asked to do while you were a student, you would not have problems with your results,” Aladenike stated.
“Some of the students who did not take cognizance of the deficiencies they had with their courses are the ones facing these challenges.”
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