A director in the Lagos State Ministry of Youths, Mr. Oludare
Buraimoh, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging in his
room.
Buraimoh, who lived at Unity Estate, Phase II, Gbonagun,
Abeokuta in Ogun State, took his life at about 4.00p.m. on Monday
after attending to his son, Dotun, who was reportedly ill.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that many sympathisers, who
spoke in silent tones about the incident, were seen in the
compound.
Dotun told NAN that the incident happened around 4.00p.m. after
his father gave him a drug to treat his malaria.
“We were both at home; he came to give me a drug and left me
thinking he was going to retire to his room. But when I did not
hear his voice, I called him, but no response came.
“I, thereafter, went to his room only to find him hanging from
the ceiling with a traditional Aso Oke tied to his neck and a stool
with which he committed the suicide.
“I then alerted the neighbours, who, in turn, told me to alert
the police, which I did,” Dotun said.
The wife of the deceased said she had yet to come to terms with
her husband’s act.
“I don’t know what came over him, it is inexplicable. We have
been surviving through thick and thin and now that we ought to sit
down and enjoy, after all the years of toiling, he decided to take
his own life.
“He did not show any sign of depression at the time he committed
suicide. He was in high spirits; what led him to this remains a
riddle,” she said.
The Obantoko Police Station, where the incident was reported,
confirmed the suicide.
DSP Rasheed Olaleye of the station confirmed the incident but
declined to give further comments, saying that the DPO would be in
the best position to handle the enquiries.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the General
Hospital, Abeokuta, after due clearance from the police.
NAN
A director in the Lagos State Ministry of Youths, Mr. Oludare
Buraimoh, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging in his
room.
Buraimoh, who lived at Unity Estate, Phase II, Gbonagun,
Abeokuta in Ogun State, took his life at about 4.00p.m. on Monday
after attending to his son, Dotun, who was reportedly ill.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that many sympathisers, who
spoke in silent tones about the incident, were seen in the
compound.
Dotun told NAN that the incident happened around 4.00p.m. after
his father gave him a drug to treat his malaria.
“We were both at home; he came to give me a drug and left me
thinking he was going to retire to his room. But when I did not
hear his voice, I called him, but no response came.
“I, thereafter, went to his room only to find him hanging from
the ceiling with a traditional Aso Oke tied to his neck and a stool
with which he committed the suicide.
“I then alerted the neighbours, who, in turn, told me to alert
the police, which I did,” Dotun said.
The wife of the deceased said she had yet to come to terms with
her husband’s act.
“I don’t know what came over him, it is inexplicable. We have
been surviving through thick and thin and now that we ought to sit
down and enjoy, after all the years of toiling, he decided to take
his own life.
“He did not show any sign of depression at the time he committed
suicide. He was in high spirits; what led him to this remains a
riddle,” she said.
The Obantoko Police Station, where the incident was reported,
confirmed the suicide.
DSP Rasheed Olaleye of the station confirmed the incident but
declined to give further comments, saying that the DPO would be in
the best position to handle the enquiries.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the General
Hospital, Abeokuta, after due clearance from the police.
NAN
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