A 23-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School, Faith Alayande Ajoke, has died in a suspected suicide incident at the institution’s hostel in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident, saying the student was reportedly found unresponsive within the school’s hostel premises in the early hours of Friday, August 7, 2026.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, said the incident was reported by the school’s matron, who disclosed that the deceased had reportedly left a suicide note.
According to the police, another student and a relative of the deceased were alerted after discovering the note and began searching for her.
Adebisi said the student was later found after she had reportedly jumped from the rooftop of the four-storey hostel building.
She said police officers visited the scene following the report, while the deceased’s body was evacuated to a morgue for preservation.
Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, who also shared details of the incident on X, formerly Twitter said the Chief Matron of the Law School, Mrs Igbokwe Juliana, reported the matter at the Victoria Island Police Division at about 6:30am.
Makama said preliminary observations indicated that the deceased may have jumped from the rooftop of the hostel building.
The police said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the student’s death is ongoing.
The incident is not the first reported case of a Nigerian Law School student dying by suicide.
