Posted on: 01:59 Mon, 21 Mar 2016



A 300-level microbiology student of
the University of Lagos, Jacob
Eniola, has died after allegedly
consuming a poisonous substance
known as sniper.

The victim was said to have been
rushed to the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba,
where he gave up the ghost on
Sunday.

It is, however, unclear why the
victim took the poison. The
management of the school had
already launched an investigation
into the case.

A source said the victim took the
poison on Saturday evening.

The source said, “He stays in
Biobaku Hall. It was on Saturday
that he took the poison and he was
rushed to the hospital. This
morning, we got the news that he’s
dead. I honestly cannot tell why he
did that.”

Friends of the deceased have also
started pouring encomiums on the
late student, whom they described
as gentle and easygoing.

Kunle Adegunoye, a former student
leader, in a post on his Facebook
page, said he was surprised to hear
about the incident.

He said, “March 2014 was the first
time I saw him strolling towards
the entrance of the iconic room
113, Biobaku Hall of residence,
bright, confident, enthusiastic and
likeable.

“Young, naive and ready to learn,
he became the toast of everyone in
the room. Hardly can a minute pass
without Enny, as he was fondly
called, ease smiles out of us. He
made us sit up and do research
with his brilliant, though unending
arguments,” he wrote while
praising him in death.

Punch