Olona: FUTA Student Who Committed Suicide Left A Note

More information has come to light regarding the murder of Oluwapelumi Olona, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, who is believed to have killed himself in his off-campus apartment in the Aule neighborhood of Akure, Ondo State.

According to reports, the student of industrial design hanged himself in his chamber.

Olona left a suicide note, according to Jesunifemi Asoore, the president of FUTA, the students’ union government, who was chatting to one of our correspondents on Sunday.

He stated: “He left a suicide note and titled it ‘Death note’. There were some messages in it but we have not been able to interpret it. The note is now with the police.”

The deceased may have committed suicide due to a fraud charge brought against him in his department.

Olona had financial difficulty with his department, according to one of his pals, Omoniyi Enoch, who spoke to the Union of Campus Journalists of FUTA.

Olona was reportedly his department’s finance secretary till his passing.

The union’s Facebook page had the interview with Enoch. He said, “When school resumed for the 2021/2022 session, the treasurer of the department was not around to receive payment for dues. Joseph (Olona) decided to receive the payments from students.

“The president requested that he should send N100,000 to him for a departmental project. Joseph sent it using his digital bank – Carbon. He was debited but the president did not receive the payment.

“Several emails were sent to the bank but the issue wasn’t resolved. Due to that, he was pressured about it and everyone secluded him. He hadn’t attended lectures since we got back from the Christmas break because of the pressure.”

Enoch said last Friday, the deceased informed him that the head of the department called his dad to say he was involved in fraud.

The friend said the development disturbed him.

“He requested to follow me to my office at the Students’ Union Building because he did not want to stay alone. I left him at the office to attend the homecoming event that was held at T.I. Francis Auditorium and also watched the Awopegba match.

“When I got back to the office, he had already locked the office door. He came back to give me the keys and left. When I got home, I forced him to eat. At 7.40 pm, I knocked on his door but he didn’t open it. I left, thinking he was still angry with me for leaving him at the office. At 8.30 pm, I knocked again but there was no response. At 10.01 pm, I tried again but there was no response, and went to sleep.

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“This (Saturday) morning, I went to knock around 8 am but there was no response. I had to go and check through his window and I saw him hanging from the ceiling,” he added.

Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, the institution’s head of media and protocols, claimed that his parents had been informed.

What a loss! Suicide is never and can never be an option. No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Don’t kill yourself.