23-Year-Old Law School Student Found Dead at Lagos Hostel
A 23-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School has died in what police suspect may have been a suicide at the school’s hostel in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The incident reportedly happened in the early hours of Friday, August 7, 2026. The student, identified as Alayande Faith Ajoke, was found dead within the hostel premises.
According to reports, the Chief Matron of the Law School, Mrs Igbokwe Juliana, informed the Victoria Island Police Division about the incident at about 6:30 a.m.
The report said one of the student’s roommates, Ojo Abisoye Tinuola, alerted the matron around 4:30 a.m. after discovering the situation.
The matron reportedly went to the scene and found the student lying on the ground within the hostel compound.
Initial findings suggested that the student may have fallen from the rooftop of the four-storey hostel building. Police, however, are still investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.
Investigators also reportedly found two notes believed to have been written by the deceased and addressed to her stepfather and roommate.
Police detectives visited the scene, documented the area and took photographs as part of their investigation.
The body was later taken to the Mainland General Hospital Mortuary in Yaba for preservation and an autopsy.
The police said investigations are still ongoing to establish what led to the student’s death.
