Dr. Solomon Osunlola, a lecturer at the Department of Crop Production, College of Agriculture, Kwara State University ( KWASU ), Malete, has committed suicide.
Dr. Isiaka Aliagan, Director of the instituteโs Public Relations Department, who confirmed the on Friday in Ilorin, said that the deceased was a Lecturer 1 with the College of Agriculture.
He said that Osunlola joined the services of the institution on a full-time appointment in 2010.
โHowever, during staff verification, it was discovered that Osunlola retired from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, before taking up a full-time appointment with KWASU.
โBut, in spite of this discovery, the university, in August, 2017, converted Osunlolaโs appointment to a contract engagement on compassionate grounds,โ he said.
Sources indicated that the school had conveyed its conversion of Osunlolaโs appointment to him via a letter signed by the Registrar.
The sources, however, said that the loss of his full time status led to a steady decline in Osunlolaโs mental stability as he became depressed and โstarted misbehavingโ.
โOne of his friends even offered to assist him to secure a job at Landmark University, but the deceased did not submit his credentials, when he was asked.
โAnother friend also took him to a cleric for prayers and counseling after noticing that he was depressed,โ the sources added.
A family told our source that relations broke the deceasedโs door when he did not come out in the morning on Friday where they discovered that he that he had committed suicide.
