“See you in heaven,” he reportedly said at the end of the message. According to Punch report, the Benue State indigene committed suicide between that time and Wednesday when his corpse was discovered, by hanging himself with his tie. His immediate younger brother, Asor, was reportedly asleep at the time. Asor said their mother was also away, adding that his brother never showed any sign that he would commit suicide. He said, “I was sleeping when my phone rang and when I checked, I saw that it was my mum calling. She said I should come and open the door for her. As I was coming down, I saw my brother dangling like a pendulum from where he hanged himself. That was around 7am. “He didn’t complain about anything. But I remember that before I went to sleep, he was quiet. I asked what was wrong with him, but he said nothing. My mum had just the two of us; he was my elder brother.” Punch also reports, quoting a close family friend as saying the undergraduate had told his mother that he would die anytime. He explained that the mother, who was alarmed, took him to different prayer houses, which however, did not stop Verishima from killing himself. He said, “The two children lost their father about 15 years ago. It was their mother that had been responsible for their upkeep and she made them comfortable. She is a top employee of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. “He had been telling the mother that he had the feeling that he would die soon. “The mother attends one of the Pentecostal churches and so when the boy said he would die, she took him to the church and they prayed for him. “A night to the day of this incident, the boy picked his phone and sent a text message to his best friend, wishing him a happy new year. At the end of that message, he wrote, ‘see you in heaven’. It was the following morning that his remains were found dangling from his tie.” A former teacher of the victim, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described him as an introvert. “When he was in secondary school, he always kept to himself. Nobody knew anything about him,” he added. It was gathered that policemen from the Mafoluku division visited the scene and took photographs of the victim before calling an ambulance to convey the corpse to a mortuary. It was learnt that the mother had been in a state of shock since the incident happened, as symapthisers besieged the family house on Sunkanmi Awoyingbo Street, Mafoluku, to condole with them. A check on the Facebook page of Verishima showed he was an avid fan of DC Comics. He posted photos of super heroes on his cover page at different times. Some of his friends had started paying tributes to his memory on his Facebook wall and those of other relatives, who posted the news. The Babcock Public Relations Officer, Joshua Suleiman, confirmed the studentship of Verishima. He said, “The incident didn’t happen in Babcock. It happened in the deceased’s home. He was a 200-level Social Work student. From the university’s records, he was an easy-going and obedient student.” The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. She said, “The family woke up to find his body dangling from where he hanged himself. He was rushed to a hospital where he was confirmed dead. The case is under investigation.” According to Vanguard reports, the story was also shared by Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola’s husband, Olukayode Salako, on his Facebook page. Salako, who runs a school where the deceased passed out from, wrote: “Sadly, this boy committed suicide. So sad! What must have made this boy to take his own life?! What?!” Salako said he was from a very responsible and financially comfortable home. “He was a very good, brilliant and quiet boy, who had the best of education,” he added. He wrote that the boy’s mum, Mrs. Unokyoh, has been a very good woman to her children, who has committed everything she has to their development. “Oh! God! Who did this to my friend and buxom sister?!” Salako continued. He added: “Who did this to the Bosworth College community? Who did this to Babcock University? Who remoted (sic) this boy to cause this widow this terrible pain?! Who?! Who?!! Who?!!! Who did this to my friend?! Ah! Africa! A fi ika! “It is only God who can console you Pat! Good bye, my boy! May God accept your innocent soul! Bosworth College International will always miss you!” ]]>