A staff of University of Lagos (UNILAG) identified as Sunday Meshioye has committed
suicide by drinking Sniper after facing a disciplinary panel set up to
investigate an incident he was allegedly involved in.
The deceased faced the disciplinary panel after the UNILAG bus he was
driving got burnt. It was gathered that Meshioye took the deadly pesticide on
Wednesday, September 11, a day after facing the disciplinary panel.
Meshioye was rushed to the university’s health centre before being
transferred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Idi Araba area
where he died. He is survived by a wife and three children.
Lagos State police spokesman, Bala Elkana who confirmed the incident noted
that the matter has not been officially reported to the police but that the
deceased is a driver in the Sociology department of UNILAG. He was not a
lecturer, but we are still waiting for them to report the matter.