This is according to a statement by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Lagos metropolis.

In his communique on Friday, DSP Elkana said that at about 5.30am on the 31st May, 2019, the Shagamu road Police Station, Ikorodu received an information that one Joseph Mayowa, a 34years old male, took his life.

The statement further revealed that Mayowa, a part term Student of Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu Campus, Department of Hospitality Management Technology, drank a poisonous chemical identified as sniper, following a misunderstanding between him and his girlfriend, Olokodana Bolaji, 24years old female who was also a graduate of the same Institution.