Friends of a University of Port Harcourt student, Hikmat Gbadamosi, who allegedly committed suicide, have been speaking about her last moments on campus, with one of them saying she unusually kept to herself.
Gbadamosi was found dead in her room on Monday after allegedly taking two bottles of insecticide, Sniper, on Saturday.
According to her friends, she was the assistant course representative of students at her level, had missed a test on Monday.
In a video that surfaced online, Gbadamosi is seen saying, “…it worsens every time and I don’t know who to call.”
She had apparently filmed herself.
“The Punch’ reports that a 100-level student of the Faculty of Engineering, UNIPORT, who identified herself only as Esther, said the deceased was always withdrawn, adding that she also barred friends from visiting her in her lodge.
She said, “Olaitan (Gbadamosi) was not talking to people before she died. I would say she was withdrawn; I thought her behaviour was due to her social status because she came from a wealthy family.
“I heard she did not allow friends to visit her in her room off campus and that was why her body was discovered two days after she committed the act; her face was already swollen and black.”
The paper, however, added that one of her flatmates, who identified herself only as Vera, noted that Gbadamosi was seen around 11pm on Saturday talking to some people in the lodge.
She said, “Ola (Gbadamosi) was one of the coolest and calmest girls in the lodge. On Saturday, she was seen around 11pm talking to some people.
“She stayed alone in her room. People in the lodge did not notice her absence on Sunday until her course mates came to look for her on Monday. They said she missed a test and that they had been trying her telephone line, which was not reachable. A few of them decided to check up on her.
“When they knocked on her door, there was no response. They alerted the security guards and tried all they could to make the door open, not knowing that she was dead.
“The security guards alerted the police and the emergency department of the university and when they arrived, they forced the door open. She was found dead. She was in the same clothes she wore on Saturday night.”
