Meanwhile, the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has demanded an autopsy to confirm the real cause of the death.
A Diploma student of the Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, identified as Victor Musa has reportedly committed suicide in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Musa from Zuru local government area of the state reportedly committed suicide with a razor blade on Sunday evening while in the custody of NSCDC after he was arrested on Saturday night for alleged involvement in drug abuses.
It was gathered that Musa laid hands on the razor blade in the cell, with which he cut himself to death. He was confirmed dead at a Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, around 3pm on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has demanded an autopsy to confirm the real cause of the death.
In a statement signed by its National Public Reletions Officer, Giwa Yisa Temitope, the association accused NSCDC officers of killing the student and passing his death off as suicide.
The association said, “It is disturbing to read of the death of a student of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi who died in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). According to news report, the student was said to have been arrested and detained at the NSCDC facility in the State until his demise which was said to have been a suicide case.
"But, as an association, we hold the strong opinion that it was not a case of suicide as being speculated but a case of murder which must have been perpetuated by the NSCDC officers themselves.
"This is so because, a suspect to be held in the facility of any security outfit is not meant to have access to any harmful object that could inflict injury on them.
"We have read of how different crimes have been perpetuated by overzealous officers of the NSCDC, of recent, which was the assault meted on a gospel musician, Olayinka Joel Ayefele in Ekiti State. And, as much as we believe that there should be collaborative efforts from all security outfits, we still hold the view that the student should have been handed over to the NDLEA.
"It is based on the foregoing that we demand for an autopsy to be conducted on the corpse while we call for the prosecution of the commandant of the NSCDC in the Zone for negligence.”