On Wednesday night, November 24, a final-year student at the Federal University of Kashere committed suicide because she couldn't bear the burden of being penniless despite coming from a wealthy family.
The deceased, identified as Nalkur Zwalnan Lar, a student in the Faculty of Education, was said to have tried poison first, but when that didn't work, he decided to climb a tree and hang himself.
Lar left behind a suicide note in which he thanked his elder brothers for everything they had done for him and urged his mother, whom he described as the best mother on the planet, to take it easy. He also listed the names of people he owed money to and explained how they could get it back.
The student went on to describe his life as meaningless as he couldn't afford a smartphone of N50,000 even though his father has "millions".
He also tendered an apology to some persons identified as Favour and Comfort.