A middle aged man identified as Jeremiah Chibueze Ugwuoke from Owere Ibagwa-Ani Nsukka local government killed himself by hanging on top of a tree for an undisclosed hardship.
In a written suicide note he dropped before carrying out the sacrilegious act, Ugwuoke wrote thus;
“My mother remain the most wonderful woman on earth mom I will miss you people, I will die in my compound and pls you people should burry me in the compound.”
WITHIN NIGERIA source who spoke to our reporter explained that “this young man has been telling me that things are very hard for him. I kept on encouraging him to keep on keeping but I did not know that he would end up like this.”
Another source told our reporter that “according to a reliable source he has been complaining of hardship and that the world means nothing to him anymore, but nobody took him serious till he committed suicide. Some are of the opinion that a certain deity is after him, while some are of the opinion that he is mentally unstable.
According to our investigation, Ugwuoke who in his early thirties has been living a solitary life for some time before the ugly incident this morning.
Further checks revealed that the victim was a graduate who finished his NYSC in 2021 before joining MTN Nigeria as a Marketer.
A villager who spoke to our reporter said that ” it was very early this morning when people came out and saw the late Chibueze hanging on top of a tree near their compound.”
In the meantime, condemnations have trailed the alleged sacrilegious act.
One of the villagers said that suicide is never a solution to difficulties. He should have told a friend his problems.
When contacted on phone, the Police Public Relations Officer Enugu state, Mr. Daniel Ndukwe could not pick his call.
However, a senior police officer, Nsukka Divisional headquarters who spoke to our reporter said the incident is still being investigated.
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