A promising young lawyer’s future ended in heartbreak as Ayomiposi Ojajuni, a Bar Part II student at the Nigerian Law School’s Yola Campus, reportedly took his own life on Sunday after learning he had been disqualified from sitting for the Bar Final examinations due to insufficient attendance.
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Ojajuni, a law graduate from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ogun State, was said to have consumed a poisonous substance believed to be rat poison on Saturday, December 6, shortly after discovering his exclusion from the exams, which commenced the same day. He was rushed to the Modibbo Adama University of Technology Teaching Hospital in Yola but succumbed to the effects of the ingestion early Sunday morning.
Sources close to the campus, speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the matter, revealed that Ojajuni had previously received queries from school authorities over unspecified issues. However, the decisive blow came when he learned he fell short of the mandatory 75% attendance threshold required for exam eligibility. “He became visibly distressed the moment he found out,” one fellow student recounted. “This was what led to his demise.”
The abrupt disqualification stemmed from a recent policy shift at the campus, where the list of qualified candidates is now posted at the “eleventh hour,” mere hours before exams begin, leaving no buffer for students to address shortfalls, even on legitimate grounds like health issues. In previous years, the list was displayed two weeks in advance, allowing time for regularization. “On seeing that he did not qualify, he reportedly consumed the substance, resulting in serious illness and death,” an online investigative platform reported, citing campus insiders.
Adamawa State Police Command spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed on Sunday that no official report of the incident had been received at the time of inquiry. “We don’t have such a report yet. I have called the Divisional Police Officer in the area, and he said he did not have the report. I have also tried calling the law school, but I have not been able to reach them,” Nguroje stated. He promised to follow up but had not provided updates by press time. An earlier contact with another police spokesperson, Yahaya Suleiman, yielded no comment, as he cited being out of station and unfamiliar with the details beyond media reports.
Ojajuni’s death is not the first such heartbreak at the Nigerian Law School this year, raising questions about student welfare and institutional transparency. In May 2025, another student, Victor Chibueze Olumba, a Bar Part II candidate at the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, passed away under circumstances that sparked similar suspicions of suicide. Olumba died on May 30, prompting immediate speculation on social media about exam-related stress and administrative lapses.
The Council of Legal Education (CLE), chaired by Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN), and the Nigerian Law School (NLS) Director-General, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma (SAN), issued a somber statement on June 4, expressing condolences and announcing a police probe. “The circumstances and the cause of death of the deceased student are now the subject of full investigation by the Nigerian Police Force, Rivers State Command,” the statement read. It urged restraint from “unsubstantiated, reckless, unguarded, and sensational speculations” by bloggers and promised a detailed public report upon conclusion of the investigation.
Six months later, however, no such report has materialized. A student at the Port Harcourt campus, speaking to TheNigeriaLawyer on condition of anonymity, decried this as emblematic of a broader “Nigerian way” of handling sensitive stories: “Once you want to put off a story from the public, just tag it ‘Nigeria Police is investigating the matter’ that’s the end of it.” The CLE’s assurance that “the welfare and security of the students at each of the seven campuses… remain its priority” now rings hollow amid the silence on Olumba’s case and the fresh wounds from Yola.
As Nigeria grapples with a youth mental health crisis exacerbated by academic and economic strains, advocates are demanding urgent reforms at the NLS. These include reinstating advance notice for exam eligibility, bolstering counseling services, and mandating public accountability in investigations. “This isn’t just about one student, it’s a systemic failure,” a legal commentator noted on LinkedIn, echoing sentiments from across the bar. Saying that the Nigerian Law School guardian and counseling department have failed the system.
The NLS has yet to issue an official statement on Ojajuni’s passing. In the interim, friends, family, and the legal fraternity mourn a life cut short, vowing that his story will not fade into investigative obscurity. May Ayomiposi Ojajuni’s soul rest in peace, and may his tragedy catalyze the change he deserved.
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