Let your children know that setback is not the end of life – VC tells parents
A 200-level student of Dentistry in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state, Ajibola Ibitayo, has committed suicide for repeating a class twice.
This is just as the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Bamire, enjoined parents to let their children know that temporary setback down doesn’t mean the end of life.
The incident threw the university Community into mourning as Ibitayo, whose father was said to be a medical doctor, injected himself.
Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, confirmed the incident in a statement, yesterday. He said the deceased with Matric number: DEN/2021/023), was a part two student of the Faculty of Dentistry.
The university disclosed that the boy took his life after he discovered that the results of the last semester examinations that was just released, would require him to repeat part two for another academic year. He had already been repeating part two during the last session.
Olarewaju explained that the information received by the university is that the boy injected himself at his parents’ home in Ejigbo, Osun state.
The Vice-Chancellor enjoined parents to instil in their children the understanding that temporary setbacks in the pursuit of success are part of life and not the end of it.
He also urged students and young people to view failure as an opportunity to redirect their paths toward success and greater achievements.
Professor Bamire prayed that God Almighty would grant the parents, family, Faculty, College of Health Sciences, and the University community the fortitude to bear the loss of the boy.
[8/14, 10:53 PM] Mr Christopher Oji: Double tragedy as father of slain kogi photojournalist slumps, dies..
It was a double tragedy for the family of Aiyepeku as the head of the family, James Aiyepeku, father of Ayobami Aiyepeku, a photo journalist, who was murdered on July 22, in Kogi State, has slumped and died.
Aiyepeku died on Tuesday, August 12,as a result of stroke, reportedly triggered by the shock of his son’s gruesome murder.
The son, Ayobami was murdered by his friend and a correctional officer, Oluwapelumi Tolani Adebayo, on July 22, for reasons yet unknown and his corpse was taken to unknown place.
The assailant was said to have later committed suicide after being declared wanted by the police, while the corpse of the slain photojournalist was recovered in a bish path.
Timothy Aiyepeku, elder brother to the late journalist told the newsmen at the family residence on Wednesday in Lokoja, that their father had been traumatised by Ayobami’s brutal killing.
“On Wednesday August 6, after rushing out to complete the necessary arrangements towards the release of Ayobami’s corpse for burial, I returned home to the news that my father had fallen and was hospitalised.
“Despite initial signs of recovery, my father’s condition worsened, and he eventually succumbed to his illness on Tuesday, August 12,” he said.
Timothy emphasised that the family suspected a conspiracy in Ayobami’s death, citing the absence of his phone and the phone of the suspected killer, who allegedly took his own life.
He said: “the family is urging the police to leave no stone unturned in their investigation, trusting that justice would be served.
“We believe that the police can do the job; they should just put in the needed courage to see that justice is achieved for my brother, now death has taken another toll in the family” Timothy appealed.
