A final year law student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at the weekend.

A final year law student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at the weekend.

Daniel Iyoha, a 27-year-old undergraduate hung himself at his family home at No. 17, Obamwonyi Street, Off Universal Road, Benin City for reasons yet unknown.

Reports quoting sources say the late student had attended mass and done his laundry that day.

When his mother left the house for a neighbour's he locked his door, tied a wrapper to the ceiling fan and hung himself.

His sister was reading in another room but did not know anything untoward was happening.

On returning, the mother noticed Daniel's absence and had the door forced open to discover her lifeless son.

Student Pulse gathered that the late student, who combined his studies with an auto mobile spare parts business, was an easy-going person and devout Catholic.

The spokesperson of the Edo Police Command, DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed the incident.

“We got the report that one Daniel Iyoha hanged himself with a wrapper on a ceiling fan in his room," he said.

"When our team of investigators were drafted there, after reviewing the crime scene the corpse was brought down and moved to a hospital."

He also said investigations are on-going.

This is the second suicide by a student of UNIBEN in 2015 alone.

In February, a 26-year-old graduate of the institution and serving member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), committed suicide after a finding out that a girl he is in love with has been engaged by another man.