University Of Ibadan Lecturer Commits ‘Suicide’ After Prolonged Battle With ‘Depression’

University Of Ibadan Lecturer Commits ‘Suicide’ After Prolonged Battle With ‘Depression’

Mr A.O. Subair who very recently resigned abruptly as a lectuer of
the Department of Mathematics of the University of Ibadan (UI) but still
lives within the university, has died under circumstances believed to
be suicide at his staff quarters located on Phillipson Road, UI.  

A lecturer in the Faculty of Science, which houses the late
lecturer’s department, told SaharaReporters that Subair had been
battling depression for years due to challenges in his home and career.  

“He already resigned but was still living on campus. His family had
issues relating to childcare. He was a Lecturer 1and had been on his Ph.
D. for 22 years, but he had supervised a lot of people who had
overtaken him on the rung while he remained rooted to the same spot. He
also had issues in his marriage. He and his wife disagreed over the care
for one of their children.

The wife sued him, and the court ruled in her favour, giving a
directive that N60,000 should be withdrawn from his salary every month.
So, he thought, well, if he resigned, there would be no salary to draw
money from. His death wasn’t straightforward, like he slept during the
day, died during the sleep, his house was engulfed by smoke and he was
asphyxiated” said the lecturer, who asked not to be named.

A student of the Department of Mathematics also said that after
Subair was discovered in the house on Tuesday, he was rushed to ‘Jaja’,
as the University’s clinic is widely known, and subsequently transferred
to the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, where he died
Wednesday morning.