The Kwara Police Command has said a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School in Offa Local Government Area, committed suicide over his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2.
The State Police Public Relation Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who disclosed this in Ilorin said the corpse was removed from a tree behind Ariya Garden Hotel, Offa, by a team of policemen from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa, at about 15.34hours on Tuesday.
He said that the student 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
SP Ajayi added that the Commissioner of Police in Kwara, Amienbo Tuesday Assayomo, advised parents to monitor their wards and show them love at all times.