JSS 3 Student Commits Suicide Over Love Affair

A 14 year-old girl yesterday committed suicide
in Ilorin after a disagreement with her
boyfriend who allegedly threatened to kill her
over an affair with another lover.
Aishat Oba, a Junior Secondary School (JSS 3)
student of Burihanudeen UBE School, Isale-
Koko Ilorin, was said to have taken a
poisonous substance believed to be an
insecticide at Ile-Olowo Compound in Opo-Malu
Area of the city.
Her boyfriend, Rafiu, is presently on the run,
while the second lover was arrested by the
police yesterday.
Aishat would have turned 15 years on
September 18.
It was gathered that Rafiu, 20, who claimed to
be a member of the Oodua People’s Congress
(OPC), allegedly threatened to cause a stir at
Aishat’s compound if she was found to be in a
secret affair with the alleged lover boy.
The girl who was gasping for breath after
drinking the substance was rushed to a private
hospital and later referred to the University of
Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) where she was
pronounced dead.
Spokesman of the Kwara State Police
Command, Mr Okasanmi Ajayi, said he was
yet to be briefed on the incident.