Ebonyi varsity lecturer denies complicity in student’s death

Amid circumstances surrounding the death of Miss. Favour Ugwuka, a final student of the Department of English, Ebonyi State University, who reportedly committed suicide on Wednesday night, the accused lecturer, Prof. Amechi Enyi has denied having a hand in her death.

Enyi, who claimed he was threatened by the deceased mother severally before the incident, said the Question Paper to the last examination of the course (English Statistics), revealed the late student merely copied down three questions.

He stated this while answering questions from journalists, on Friday, in Abakaliki, saying it was incorrect to adduce that her death was related to academic activities.

Recall a woman who identified herself as the mother of the deceased student was seen in a trend blaming the lecturer for her daughter’s death.

Giving his side of the story, the lecturer said, “I’m Prof A U. Enyi of the Department of English and Literary Studies, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. It is unfortunate, it is quite unfortunate that the girl ended the way she did. I was shocked when I heard the news.

“It is not true that her death is related to an academic issue, I don’t see how somebody who was not victimized, someone who failed an exam would decide to take her own life. So, the first question one should ask in this circumstance should be, was she victimized?

“And of course, you know that she may not have been the only person who wrote the exam and some other people may have failed also, so it is not true and, really that was my first reaction. How could she have decided to take her own life, that is if she took her life?

Culled from Punch online