An extra year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, identified as Kolapo Olowoporoku has committed suicide after he failed some courses.
It was gathered that Kolapo, a Computer Science student of the said school should have graduated in the 2016/2017 academic session but he remained on campus due to some outstanding courses (CVE & CSC 517) he had to pass before graduating.
Kolapo Olowoporoku with Facebook username “Olowoporoku kay-pee Kolapo” was the class rep of his class and ought to have undergone the compulsory NYSC service currently with his course mates who had their convocation last year.
The deceased took his outstanding courses in the last academic session 2017/2018 but it was gathered that he didn’t get up to the required pass mark to bid the said courses farewell.
It was gathered that people who saw him confirmed he looked depressed but no one knew exactly what went wrong with the him.
He was said to have resorted to taking poison on Monday, but the poison didn’t kill him until 3 to 4 days after.
Kolapo Olowoporoku thereafter died on Friday, 19th of April.
May his gentle soul Rest in peace and God grant his family and loved one’s strength to bear the loss.
Failure does not shows that u don’t kn anything but it’s make someone to put more effort. So,i have not see any reasons of committing suide as a result of failing a course. Well God should have mercy on him.
Failure does not shows u are not brilliant but failure makes one to look at his or her drawing board and profer a solutions to it.Example,by reading harder,so committing suicide is not the best options. Well may ur gentle soul rest in peace.
I finished school 2017 bt I have not gone for service my mates are about to finish service m still here nobody wish to have any carry over course bt we just have to take things d way we see it n not committing suicide
Failure!!I am a witness to failure..in my secondary School days I was the headgal.i pass out 2103 but still this moment I had not gotten admission into University,,I cry and cry and eventhis step he took.i had poison myself but I was quickly saved by my guardian..it is not that u r not brilliant but is just for us to keep more effort to it ..it is not easy as easy we think I have in this condition for the past 5years..I can’t even stand my mate,I have to hide myself from seeing them …bcos I feeling I will mocked even with my brilliance as the headgalI.. but I still thank God I have an encouraging people around me who believe so much in me …thanks parent and my guardians ..God bless them for come ..u shouldn’t av done that but u r not to be blamed bcos depression is worst than death..dear may ur soul rest in peace ..may the Lord forgive u..
This is a son that grew up under my watch back in the hood “jakande estate isolo”, I knew of his low self-esteem back then and the expectation from his family although no pressure at all, kolapo’s mother was a big pharmacist in the estate and the father Mr olowoporoku a successful business man, he has an elder sister and a kid brother, this is unbelievable and sad, to me I just lost another brother, Lord have mercy on his gentle soul.
I stayed in same room with you back then in your part1 days, how you wanted to have what you desired but didn’t yet you coped. But you could have opened up when a greater challenge came. Were our parents having the listening ears when it mattered? Were friends there?
Was he ready to share those deadly thoughts with anybody?
Let us learn parents. Do we forbid our children from being grateful that thorns have Roses?
Or tell them to complain or see themselves as useless when roses have thorns?
I was pained when I was told you were no more.
May your soul rest in peace.
Schl management are d major contributor of D’s incident.. There shld be grace for final yr students n ppu DAT has repeated a course twice. It’s unfair
May his soul rest in peace
I beleive the school councelling unit should step up and give solutions to students committing suicide..help them in their final year.nigeria is hard.