Faith Ajoke Alayande
On Sunday, earlier report said the deceased was 23-year-old Faith Alayande and that the Lagos State Police Command had confirmed the incident.
Both the police and the Nigerian Law School have confirmed the death of 23-year-old Faith Ajoke Alayande, who fell from the rooftop of a four-story hostel at its Lagos Campus.
Alayande was said to have left a suicide note. She was from the Enugu Campus of the Nigerian Law School, but came to Lagos for the school’s externship programme and was temporarily accommodated at the Lagos Campus hostel.
The school, in a statement shared on its Facebook on Monday by the Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration, Aderonke Osho, said the incident occurred at about 4 a.m. on Friday, 7 August.
“Preliminary information indicates that, at about 4:00am on Friday, 7 August 2026, the student fell from the rooftop of the hostel at the Campus and, sadly, succumbed to the incident,” the statement said.
Whereas the school did not name the student or disclose what led to the fall, fellow students gave her name as Faith Ajoke Alayande.
Law school management said it was working with the relevant authorities and the deceased student’s family to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“The Management is working closely with the appropriate authorities and the family to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident, ensure that all necessary procedures are duly followed, and provide further information as appropriate,” Mr Osho said in the statement.
The management appealed to the public and the media to respect the family’s request for privacy as they mourned.
The school said the family had asked that they be allowed to grieve without actions that could further compound their pain.
The Nigerian Law School added that it remained committed to the safety, welfare and wellbeing of its students and staff.
On Sunday, earlier report said the deceased was 23-year-old Faith Alayande and that the Lagos State Police Command had confirmed the incident.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, said the incident was reported after the student was found unresponsive within the hostel premises.
Ms Adebisi reportedly stated that a hostel matron alerted the police and that a fellow student and a relative had found what was described as a suicide note.
She was quoted as saying the student allegedly jumped from the rooftop of the four-storey hostel building before she could be located.
The is not the first reported death of a Nigerian Law School student in circumstances linked to suicide.
In December 2025, another student, Ayomiposi Ojajuni, allegedly died by suicide after he was reportedly barred from sitting for the Bar Final examinations at the school’s Yola Campus in Adamawa State.
