A final-year law student of the University of Benin, (UNIBEN), identified as Daniel Iyoha, has committed suicide.

The 27-year-old student was said to have hanged himself in a room at his family residence at Obamwonyi Street, Off Universal Road, Benin City.

Residents of the area described the deceased as easy-going and a devoted catholic who hardly missed morning mass.

Sources in the area alleged that on that fateful day, the deceased, after returning from the morning mass, washed his clothes and tidied his room and remained in his room all day, during which he took his life.

It was gathered that the deceased might have killed himself within a short period his mother left the compound to see a neighbour by tying himself to the ceiling fan with a wrapper in his room after shutting the door behind him.

Not even his sister who was reading in another room noticed what was happening until their mother returned to the apartment. The mother, anxious to ascertain the whereabouts of Daniel, forced his door open only to see his lifeless body dangling from the ceiling.

The late Daniel who was described as a very hardworking person by his neighbours, was said to have combined his academic work with sales of auto mobile spare parts at his shop at Uwelu, Benin City.

Edo police command spokesman, DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed the report to journalists on phone.

“We got the report that one Daniel Iyoha hanged himself with a wrapper on a ceiling fan in his room. When our team of investigators were drafted there, after reviewing the crime scene the corpse was brought down and moved to a hospital,” he said, adding that the police have commenced investigation with a view to knowing the motive behind the action.