A 23-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School, Faith Alayande Ajoke, has died in a suspected suicide at the institution’s campus in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident on Friday, saying the deceased was found unresponsive within the hostel premises.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this in a telephone conversation, stating that the incident was reported by the hostel matron after the student was found dead.
According to Adebisi, a hostel mate and a relative of the deceased reportedly found a suicide note and began searching for her, but she had already died by the time they located her.
“I can confirm the incident. The deceased reportedly wrote a suicide note and, before her hostel mate and a relative could locate her, she was found dead,” Adebisi said. “The matron of the hostel reported the incident, prompting police operatives to visit the scene. Her body has been evacuated to a morgue for preservation.”
Security analyst Zagazola Makama, who also shared details of the incident on X, said the deceased was discovered within the hostel premises by another student, who alerted the matron.
Makama said the Chief Matron of the Nigerian Law School, Mrs Igbokwe Juliana, reported the incident at the Victoria Island Police Division at about 6:30am on Friday, August 7, 2026.
The police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the student’s death.
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