Update: Lagos Law Student Died From Four-Storey Hostel Fall – Police

Faith Alayande, a 23-year-old student at the Nigerian Law School on Victoria Island, Lagos, died after allegedly jumping from the rooftop of her four-storey hostel, police have confirmed.

According to Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer Abimbola Adebisi, the institution’s matron reported the incident after Alayande was found unresponsive on the hostel grounds on Friday.

Police stated that a relative and a fellow student discovered a suicide note written by Alayande, triggering a search.

However, before she could be located, she had reportedly jumped from the building’s roof.

She said: “I can confirm the incident. The deceased reportedly wrote a suicide note and, before her hostel mate and a relative could locate her, she jumped from the rooftop of a four-storey building.

“The matron of the hostel reported the incident, prompting police operatives to visit the scene. Her body has been evacuated to a morgue for preservation.”

A security analyst, Zagazola Makama, who shared details about the incident on X, disclosed that the deceased was found dead within the hostel premises on Friday by another student, who alerted the matron of the institution.

He stated that the Chief Matron of the Law School was said to have reported the incident at the Victoria Island Police Division at about 6:30am, explaining that upon receiving the report, the matron proceeded to the scene, where the deceased was found lying on the ground within the hostel premises

“A 23-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School has died in a suspected suicide incident at the school’s hostel in Victoria Island, Lagos.

“The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, August 7, 2026, when the deceased, identified as Alayande Faith Ajoke, was found dead within the hostel premises’, Makama wrote.

“The Chief Matron of the Law School, Mrs Igbokwe Juliana, reported the incident at about 6:30am. Preliminary observations indicated that the deceased may have jumped from the rooftop of the four-storey hostel building.”

PerSecondNews had on Sunday reported the mysterious death of Alayande which has thrown the institution into grief.