FUTA: 300-level student commits suicide
FRESH facts emerged, weekend, over the 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Olona Oluwapelumi, who committed suicide at his residence in Akure, Ondo State. The deceased, who was in the Department of Industrial Design at the university, hanged himself in his room. It was gathered that a friend of the deceased, Omoniyi Enoch, who spoke with the Union of Campus Journalists of FUTA, on its Facebook page, said: “The deceased was suspected to have committed the act following an issue of money he had with his department.” Enoch said late Oluwapelumi was the Financial Secretary of his department until his death. “When school resumed for the 2021/2022 session, the Treasurer of the department wasn’t around to receive payment for dues. Oluwapelumi decided to receive the payments from students. “The President requested that Oluwapelumi should send N100,000 to him for a departmental project. Oluwapelumi sent it using his digital bank – Carbon. He was debited but th...