UNILAG student drinks sniper and dies.

A 300-level microbiology student of the
University of Lagos, Jacob Eniola, has died
after allegedly consuming a poisonous
substance known as sniper.

The victim was said to have been rushed to
the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-
Araba, where he gave up the ghost on Sunday.

It is, however, unclear why the victim took the
poison. The management of the school had
already launched an investigation into the
case.

A source said the victim took the poison on
Saturday evening.

The source said, “He stays in Biobaku Hall. It
was on Saturday that he took the poison and
he was rushed to the hospital.

 This morning,
we got the news that he’s dead. I honestly
cannot tell why he did that.”

Friends of the deceased have also started
pouring encomiums on the late student, whom
they described as gentle and easygoing.

Kunle Adegunoye, a former student leader, in a
post on his Facebook page, said he was
surprised to hear about the incident.

He said, “March 2014 was the first time I saw
him strolling towards the entrance of the
iconic room 113, Biobaku Hall of residence,
bright, confident, enthusiastic and likeable.

“Young, naive and ready to learn, he became
the toast of everyone in the room. 

Hardly can
a minute pass without Enny, as he was fondly
called, ease smiles out of us.

 He made us sit
up and do research with his brilliant, though
unending arguments,” he wrote while praising
him in death.