Ipetu Ijesa College of Technology, student’s ‘suicide’ under investigation – Police

Bisi ABASS

The Osun State Police Command, on Sunday, said circumstances surrounding the reported suicide by a teenager, Victor Olonade, in Ilesa is now under investigation.

Mr Olonade Tomiwa Victor, 19 years and student of Ipetu Ijesa College of Technology, Osun State, was found dead by hanging in a compound with telephone on Saturday.

A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, explained that when its officers visited the scene of the crime to recover the corpse, there were no signs of violence on the body.

The statement read in part, “At about 2:30pm, on Saturday, one Agboola Olusola ‘M’ of 049 Isokun Street, Ilesa, reported at Ilesa ‘A’ Division that Olonade Tomiwa Victor ‘M’ aged 19 years, a student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Osun State, was found dead by hanging in a compound with telephone cable.

“Scene of the crime was visited and no mark of violence was found on the body. Corpse deposited at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa. The case is still under investigation.”