A senior lecturer in the Biological Sciences Department of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Prof. Frank Onyezili, has committed suicide.
Sources close to the professor said on Wednesday in Makurdi that the deceased was found dead on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Mrs. Roseline Waku, the Director of Protocol and Information of the university, who confirmed the incident, however said she was unaware of why Onyezili killed himself.
“The only thing I can confirm is that the professor killed himself; I don’t know why he did it,” she said.
Waku hinted of reports that the deceased left a suicide note, but said she was not privy to its contents.
A top official of the university said the professor drank some substance suspected to be poison, after leaving a suicide note.
The source, who craved anonymity, said the don’s action might not be unconnected with depression and loneliness that had been his lot since his wife and children relocated to a foreign country.
“I am not sure why he killed himself, but he was always complaining of loneliness; his wife and children live abroad and have not been in touch with him. He might have opted to end his frustration by killing himself,” the source said.
Contacted, Mr Moses Yamu, spokesman of the Police Command in Benue, said he had not been briefed on the matter.
“I am yet to get details of the incident. That is all I can say for now,” he said.
-NAN