A 300 level medical student
of the Niger Delta University, NDU, has allegedly committed suicide in Bayels
after failing his MBBS examination.
Reports have it that the
man identified as Uzakah Timi Ebiweni died after plunging into Amassoma River
in Bayelsa State.
Timi took the decision to
end it all today, after failing his MBBS exams, which was reported to have
recorded mass failure – It was gathered that out of the 169 students in his
class, 50 failed.
Timi allegedly started
giving hints via his WhatsApp stories by initially posting a candle light and
then changing to the picture of a candle with its light blown off.
The rate at which
Nigerians, especially students have been committing suicide in the past few
weeks, has been alarming and it has been getting serious attention from both
concerned citizens of the country as well as the authorities.
Media personality, Betty
Irabor recently spoke on the issue and opened up that she once attempted
suicide herself and that no one should judge the victims as no one understood
what they passed through before making the decision to take their lives
She wrote:
SUICIDE!!! Don’t label or
judge what you do not understand. If you haven’t walked in a man’s or woman’s
shoes you cannot make assumptions about what they do or why they do it.
At the time I attempted
suicide, I was sick and in pain. There was a volcano somewhere inside of me
that needed to erupt and suicide seemed like an option to avoid the eruption.
Don’t trivialize anyone’s
pain just because it’s not physical and you cannot see it.
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