February 07, (THEWILL) – A 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room.
Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, said the 31-year-old was reported to have been found lying unconscious in the hotel room and foaming in the mouth with an empty bottle of Sniper beside her.
Odutola explained that the incident was reported to the Divisional Police Officer, Ago-Iwoye Division, on January 27 at 7:30 a.m.
“The Director of Be-Happy Hotel in Ago-Iwoye, Oduniyi Adelaja, came to the police station and reported that at about 6 a.m. on the day, he received information from one Adebayo Israel, a staff member of the hotel, that Adaeze was found lying unconscious and foaming in the mouth on a freezer.
“An empty bottle of Sniper was found beside her, and she was immediately rushed to Best Care Hospital and later transferred to Love and Care Hospital in Ago-Iwoye, where she was confirmed dead,” she said, adding that the scene of the crime was visited and the empty sniper bottle was recovered.
While her body had been taken to the OOU Teaching Hospital mortuary for an autopsy, Odutola said the police Divisional Crime Branch (DCB) had begun an investigation into the case.
