A 500-level student of the Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia state, identified as Modestus Hyacinth Egbulefu, has committed suicide.
Egbulefu was said to have jumped down from a three-storey building and died on the spot after taking hard drug suspected to be Mkpulu mmiri.
The final year student of the Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering was said to have jumped the 3 storey building identified as Groom Base Lodge, around 9 am on Sunday.
The Network gathered that efforts be students to revive him proved abortive as he died on the spot.
It was stated that his corpse has been deposited in a mortuary in the Area.
The Spokesman of the Abia State Command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, could not be reached for comment as the calls placed to his mobile telephone line indicated that it was switched off.