A 200-level medical student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Mr Ajibola Ibitayo, has committed suicide after failing his examinations for the second time.<\/p>\n
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This is contained in a statement issued by the university\u2019s spokesman, Abiodun Olanrewaju, in Ile-Ife, Osun, yesterday.<\/p>\n
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Olarewaju explained that the student, of the Department of Dentistry, with the matriculation number DEN\/2021\/023, took his own life after his semester results showed that he would repeat an academic year.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAjibola Ibitayo (Matriculation Number: DEN\/2021\/023), committed suicide after learning that the results of the last semester examinations, released yesterday, would require him to repeat Part Two for another academic year.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe had already been repeating Part Two during the last session,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
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Olarewaju disclosed that the student, whose father is a medical doctor, reportedly injected himself at his parents\u2019 home in Ejigbo, Osun.<\/p>\n
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Speaking on the incident, the institution\u2019s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Simeon Bamire, advised parents to always instill in their children that temporary setbacks in the pursuit of success are indispensable and not the end of life.<\/p>\n
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Bamire, while sympathying with the parents of the deceased, urged students to view failure as an opportunity to redirect their paths toward greater success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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