Two Kwara State University (KWASU) students in Malete have reportedly been discovered dead and naked in their hostel room.
According to media reports, the deceased students were Tobiloba Daniel and Arewa Abayomi, who was suspected of being his lover.
The deceased were both 200-level students who were taking ongoing exams at the time of the incident.
A student who knew the deceased was quoted in the paper as saying, "We suspect they were lovers and became concerned when they were not seen during an examination and for three days. When some of their friends arrived at their hostel room outside the school, they discovered them dead and naked.
"We believe it was a poisoning," the student concluded.
The KWASU spokesman, Hajia Saeedat Aliyu, was quoted as saying that the university had not received official communication on the matter.
Meanwhile, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, the state police spokesman, confirmed the incident, saying, "The information is that the two of them were found dead inside their room, and the police were alerted. Our officers broke down the door and took them to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for an autopsy. The investigation is still ongoing."