Precious Ogbeide, a graduate of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State attempted suicide over the university refusal to issue him his results since 2018.

The parents said Ogbeide had been battling depression due to the school refusal to release his results after spending five years in the University.

Wakadaily learnt that Ogbeide became frustrated and decided to end his life over the matter as he started to stab himself with pieces of a bottle he had broken.

Some disgruntled students of the school bemoaned their inability to get their degree results after spending five years undergoing the programme, saying that the circumstance had left them feeling demoralized.

A source said: “I received a call at about 3:30 pm on Monday that Ogbeinde had been rushed to the hospital. I was told he had been showing signs of depression and that they had tried to help in every possible way they could.

“The mother told me that he just stood up all of a sudden with a bottle and smashed it on the floor. They told me it was a slip. But he started to pierce his neck and body with the pieces of the broken bottle.

“It was the efforts of his relative present at the time of the incident that overpowered him before he was rushed to the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.

He said he was tired of everything. He said he had not been able to face his parents and family members after going to school for five years without any result to show for it.

“He could not get a job because they kept asking him to provide his certificate. He said any time he met those who could help him get a job, they would tell him to wait for his result. He was just fed up with the whole thing and became frustrated that his future was on hold.”

However, the school, through the Head of Corporate Communications and Protocol, Mike Aladenika, told Punch that, “If you had graduated and done all you were asked to do while you were a student, you would not have problems with your results.

“Some of the students who did not take cognizance of the deficiencies they had with their courses are the ones facing these challenges.”