23-year-old admission seeker hang self in Lagos.....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that there was tension and anxiety in the
FESTAC area of Lagos on Sunday after a 23-year-old, identified only as
Ugochukwu, was found hanging in his apartment.
Firstclass newslin learnt that Ugochukwu, who lived on 311 Road,
FESTAC Town, had sought admission into a university in Lagos State,
and had written the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Ugochukwu, however, had yet to secure
the admission.
Our correspondent gathered that on Sunday at about 12pm, Ugochukwu's
mother, identified only as Ngozi, and his two siblings came back from
church to find him hanging in the sitting room.
The family reportedly stayed in a rented room and parlour in the area.
The family members were said to have raised the alarm which brought
neighbours to the scene, as everyone was taken aback at the sight of
Ugochukwu's dangling body.
The 23-year-old reportedly used a rope to hang himself from a ceiling
fan. He was found dead.
The matter was said to have been reported at the FESTAC Police
Division, and the officers reportedly came to remove the corpse.
A police source told our correspondent that Ugochukwu's relations said
the deceased did not give any clue as to why he committed suicide.
He said, "Nobody can say why he committed suicide. But two Sundays
ago, they caught him mixing cement to drink. The family members had
actually gone to church, and he had stayed behind. It was a nieghbour
who caught him and alerted the family members.
"But all efforts made to find out from him, what went wrong reportedly
proved abortive, as he refused to tell anyone anything, including his
mother.
"This morning, the family members went to church again, and Ugochukwu
decided to stay back. Nobody suspected anything. It was when the
family members came back that they found his corpse."
Another resident in the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said the corpse had been taken to the mortuary by the police.
She said, "Ugochukwu's father's whereabouts are unknown, but the boy
has a younger brother and an elder sister.
"The corpse has been taken to the mortuary. Since he finished
secondary school, he had not been able to secure admission. He took
the UTME again this year.
"Everyone knows him as someone who did not talk too much. But no one
knew exactly why he committed suicide. He was not working. He was
usually at home. They were staying in a room and parlour. They are an
average family."
One of Ugochukwu's neighbours, identified only as Oluja, said he
returned from church to learn that the young man had committed
suicide. He added that the last moment he had with the deceased showed
that Ugochukwu was desperate about his university admission and
financial problem.
He said, "I am shocked that Ugochukwu has passed on. I just returned
from my church, only to learn that Ugochukwu was found hanging in his
apartment.
"It was the policemen from FESTAC that took his body away. Everyone in
the area is still in shock.
"I know that he had been worried about his admission to the university.
"He had tried several schools, but never made it. Also, he was having
a financial problem. Maybe, it is the sum of these worries that made
him commit suicide. He was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses."
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin,
promised to get back to the source on the incident.
Firstclassnewsline.net