Bamenda final-year student dies under unclear circumstances

The University of Bamenda community is mourning the tragic death of Wiysenyuy Flora Senyuy, a final-year marketing student at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (FEMS).

Reports indicate that Flora was murdered around the Bafoussam region by an unidentified individual on Friday, July 12.

However, conflicting accounts suggest that she may have taken her own life following a disciplinary committee’s decision to suspend her from graduating this year due to alleged examination malpractice.

Investigations are ongoing to clarify the circumstances surrounding her death.

This incident marks a pattern within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Bamenda, where it has become almost an annual occurrence for a final-year student to die prematurely.

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