Just got this statement from the family of the Benue state university
medical student who was said to have committed suicide after being
withdrawn from med school, 10 years after enrollment .They have slammed
blog reports that their son committed suicide and even called out blogs
which carried the story .Read excerpts of the statement...
Many of you must have read the story of the Benue State University
medical student that reportedly committed suicide. As usual, after
verification of facts, I am out to set the record straight.
The
family of the late medical student has released an official statement
that their son did not commit suicide. He was driving on Abu King
Shuluwa Road, moving at a pretty high speed and without knowledge of a
truck spoilt in the middle of the road. He tried to swerve out of the
truck’s way but found himself facing the road divider.
Without his belt
on, Mr Idoko was flunged out of the car, sustained multiple fractures, a
cracked skull and died on the spot. The car also hit and killed another
commuter on the road while spinning out of control.
From where
I’m sitting the above statement alone disqualifies it as a suicide, at
least technically. It was an accident and another person’s life was also
taken in the process. Nothing deliberate, no matter the circumstance
confronting Nicholas before his death.
His
death has not been declared a suicide by the authorities or his family
as many other national dailies would have us believe. I am not
going to speak against plagiarism and the other numerous crimes we
commit in the name of journalism without one iota of care to the
consequences, at least not today. But when one of such consequences is
spreading total falsehood about the life of a young man, even
threatening to denigrate the image of his entire family it is time to
put a stop to such lazy practices.
Ejugwu Michael for The Family
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