parents of OAU suicidal undergraduate comments on her death

The guardians of Mercy Afolaranmi, the understudy of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, who kicked the
bucket in a questionable situation keep going Thursday, have approached the Osun State Police Command to explore the passing of their girl.

The guardians, who talked with PUNCH Metro on Thursday, rejected reports that Mercy conferred suicide, saying she had revealed to them that she would return home on the day she was charged to have taken toxin.



It had been accounted for that 16-year-old Mercy slaughtered herself after purportedly getting a less than stellar score in an obligatory 100-level first semester course.

There had been theories that the Ekiti State indigene brought rodent executioner blended with a dark substance in the wake of getting an E in CHM 101 and was hurried to a private doctor's facility where she kicked the bucket.

Our reporter had detailed a Facebook post by her sibling, Timothy, who raised questions over the claim, saying she was a sincere Christian who might not think about suicide.

Discoveries by PUNCH Metro uncovered that Mercy was a specialist at the OAU Deeper Life Campus Fellowship, the grounds arm of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, where her folks were pioneers.

Her mom, Mrs. Elizabeth Afolaranmi, said Mercy called her on Tuesday to report that she would get back home for a workshop in Ado Ekiti.

She stated, "On Tuesday, she called me and said she was getting back home to convey a paper at a workshop for a few educators. She said the gathering would foot the bills for her vehicle and encouraging.

"On Wednesday, around 2pm, I chose to call her phone line to know whether she was en route. When I called, her flat mate picked the call. She said my little girl was resting and I inquired as to whether she was not getting back home once more. She said she was not returning home since she was sick. She said my little girl was dozing and she had likewise closed the entryway on herself.

"Around 6pm, I got back to and it was a similar young lady that picked. She said Mercy was still snoozing and her entryway was bolted. I advised her to go and thump the entryway and reveal to her that her mom needed to address her. She said my little girl answered that she would talk with me later.

"Around 7.30pm, I called again and she said it seemed like my little girl had taken rodent harm since she was regurgitating. I asked how she knew since she was not with her. She said the possess an aroma similar to the toxin had got to where she was. I was frightened and requested that her inspire individuals to drive open the entryway. She said she had done that and the entryway had been opened."

The casualty's mom said the companion requested N20,000 which was asked for Mercy's admission to a private clinic where she was hurried to, including that the telephone later went off.

Elizabeth said when she got to the healing facility on Thursday, some Mercy's companions watched that her heartbeat was powerless.

She said her girl was taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital where she was rejected, as the specialists said it was past the point of no return.

"I was sobbing and petitioning God for her arrival to life. I grasped to her. The clinic laborers said I ought to go to the funeral home to proceed with my supplications and I did. Afterward, some congregation individuals solicited me to give up from the body after they additionally offered a few supplications.

"My girl was an offspring of God. She wound up noticeably conceived again at a young age. How might she execute herself? She kicked the bucket on the note she made for the address she was to convey in Ado Ekiti. Individuals thought it was a suicide note and they offered it to the police as confirmation of her suicide. In any case, when we got to the station and the Divisional Police Officer opened it, we as a whole observed that it was the note she made for the address. They didn't enable my little girl to satisfy her main purpose for existing. They cut off her life.

"She didn't slaughter herself; she was killed. She made cleanser on Monday, which is still in her room. She would offer the cleanser. On the off chance that she needed to bite the dust, she could have utilized the cleanser chemicals," she included.

Benevolence's dad, Matthew Afolaranmi, said his little girl was instructed as a Christian to realize that suicide would take her to damnation fire.


He stated, "She realized that anyone that executes himself or herself is going to damnation fire. When I got to her school, the declarations I got notification from brethren affirmed what I have constantly known. Despite the fact that she was remaining outside grounds, she never enabled anything to divert her from the things of God. Prior to the occurrence, she met the leader of her partnership for directing on her otherworldly life. All in all, how could a wonder such as this happen and the following thing is for her to murder herself? Every one of the conditions around this case appear there was no chance she would slaughter herself. A young lady that was returning home and afterward she all of a sudden murdered herself. How?"

PUNCH Metro learnt that despite the fact that the post-mortem report had been discharged, the expired's family had yet to get to it.

The sibling of the casualty, Timothy, said the police were apathetic in regards to the case since they had inferred that his sister conferred suicide.

He engaged the police to investigate the issue and give his sister equity.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Folashade Odoro, did not pick her calls.

She had likewise yet to react to an instant message about the episode.

The Commissioner of Police, Adeoye Fimihan, said he had no remark looking into the issue.

"I don't have anything to state," he said.