The Lagos State Police has confirmed the death of a 23-year-old student from the Nigerian Law School, Faith Alayande. She reportedly fell from the rooftop of a four-storey hostel at the school’s campus in Victoria Island, Lagos.
PUNCH Metro learned from a phone call with the police’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, that the police were alerted after Faith was found unresponsive in the hostel area on Friday.
Adebisi said the matron of the hostel reported the incident. She mentioned that another student and a relative found a suicide note written by Faith. This prompted them to search for her.
Before they could find her, she had already jumped from the rooftop of the four-storey building. Adebisi said, “I can confirm the incident. The deceased reportedly wrote a suicide note and, before her hostel mate and a relative could locate her, she jumped from the rooftop of a four-storey building.
“The matron of the hostel reported the incident, prompting police operatives to visit the scene. Her body has been taken to a morgue for preservation.”
A security analyst, Zagazola Makama, shared details about the incident on X. He said Faith was found dead within the hostel premises on Friday by another student, who then alerted the matron of the school.
Makama noted that the Chief Matron of the Law School reported the incident at the Victoria Island Police Division around 6:30am. He explained that when the matron got the report, she went to the scene where Faith was found lying on the ground.
Makama wrote, “A 23-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School has died in a suspected suicide incident at the school’s hostel in Victoria Island, Lagos.
“The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, August 7, 2026, when the deceased, identified as Alayande Faith Ajoke, was found dead within the hostel premises.
“The Chief Matron of the Law School, Mrs Igbokwe Juliana, reported the incident at about 6:30am. Preliminary observations indicated that the deceased may have jumped from the rooftop of the four-storey hostel building.”
The PPRO added that an investigation into the incident is ongoing. This is not the first case of a Nigerian Law School student dying by suicide.
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