The Federal Government on Saturday called on parents to be patient with their children and wards in their academic performances to reduce the wave of suicide.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, made the call at the 11th annual Speech/Prize Giving Day and Valedictory Service of the Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos.
“We must make deliberate efforts to stem the tide of suicide that is rising in our society.
“This starts from the actions we take after a ceremony like this,” Echono said.
He said that parents should not have unrealistic expectations from their children or mount other pressures that could lead to frustration.
The official urged students to be focused and disciplined as well as strive to do their best at all times.
He re-iterated the commitment of the Federal Government to restructure the school system for more effective teaching and learning.
According to Echono, the restructuring will facilitate students’ excellence and development of skills for self-reliance.
He said that education remained the legacy required in building and sustaining any nation.
“There is no country in the world that can rise above the level of education of its citizenry.
“We wiil, therefore, continue to do our best in ensuring that our plans of restructuring the education system is achieved in the near future,” he said.
The official called on other stakeholders in the sector to cooperate with the government in realising the dream,” he said.
In her remarks, the Director, Technology and Science Education in the ministry, Mrs Elizabeth Adedigba, said that the Federal Government was planning to establish skill acquisition centres across the country.
According to her, the plan is in an effort to tackle the rising rate of unemployment among young school leavers.
“The Federal Government has already set up a committee to look into this. These skill centres are going to be established across all the six geo-political zones.
“This is a place where we also plan to train out-of-school children.
“Already, there are centres established by both public and private stakeholders but we plan to harmonise them and see how we can achieve this one big common goal.
“We are also planning to resuscitate the Technical Teachers’ Training programme that will enable us to train teachers and thereafter send them to various schools to train children and equip them with hands-on-skills,” Adedigba said.
She enjoined the graduating students to think critically, adding that intelligence combined with character was important.
“As responsible young adults and worthy ambassador of this college and the society at large, you also need to be courageous and learn to be yourself always,” she said.
In her address of welcome, the Principal of the college, Dr Ogochuku Ufoegbune, said that there was the need for overhaul of the education curriculum to suit the work need of the society.
According to her, a way out of unemployment is to establish more technical and vocational schools.
She also said that there was the need for re-orientation of parents on technical education.
“We must begin to tell ourselves the truth as stakeholders when it comes to technical education in this country.
“The sooner we all realise that a way out of unemployment is skill acquisition or hand-on-training, especially for our children, the better for us as individuals and acountry.
“Ours is a technical college; some of my students graduating here today are good to go.
”They are already equipped with those skills that will enable them to start their own little businesses, and that is the way to go.
“In all, therefore, we should redirect our system of education,” she said.
Ufoegbune said that the technical workshops of the institution were fully functional.
She said that before now, most of the equipment in the 19 technical workshops were obsolete, adding that with the intervention of government and other key stakeholders, they started full operations.
“Our printing section, electrical and engineering sections are working to full capacities, with their equipment fully revitalised with standby generators.”
The principal, however, said that the college was in need of more classrooms and hostels to take care of increasing population of students.
“This is about one of the largest secondary schools in the country; as a result, we need more accommodation to cater for our staff and students to enhance teaching and learning,” she said.
The college’s Parent Teacher Association Chairman, Mr Olisa Anene, called on parents to partner with the college in instilling discipline in students.
He also urged parents to monitor their children’s activities and seek to discover and develop th6e innate talents.
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Suicide: Stop placing unrealistic expectations on your children – FG tells parents
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Suicide: Senate demands immediate ban of production, importation, circulation of sniper
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation or circulation of snipers insecticide ,a product currently used to commit suicide.
This followed a motion sponsored by Sen. Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 others on the rising incidence of suicides among Nigerians.
Orji, while making his presentation noted with grave concern, the rising cases of suicide ,particularly among young Nigerians.
He said suicide could be prevented particularly when family, friends and close relatives of the person contemplating suicide provided support ,either by way of encouragement, listening to them or removing means of committing suicide such as dangerous drugs and chemicals especially sniper.
He also said that it is worrisome that the number of Nigerians taking their lives had assumed a frightening dimension , saying that government, religious institutions and other relevant corporate bodies have not addressed the ugly situation in the country.
He said the situation may continue, if not properly addressed.
Orji said that there is need to create awareness on how to control stress and depression by government, religious institutions and other relevant corporate bodies and the establishment of trauma centres across the federation.
This,he said would also reduce the rate of suicide in the country.
Contributing , Sen. Bamidele Opeyemi (Ekiti) said the issue of suicide was more of a sociological issue that has to do with depression, mental issues and ultimately poverty.
He said the senate must interface with the executive to address the challenges in the economy by creating opportunities for employment via industrialisation and agriculture.
Contributing, Sen.Rochas Okorocha (APC-Imo) said many Nigerians were committing suicide because they were not happy.
He said the government should find out why people were not happy and why they were talking their lives.
Okorocha, therefore advocated for the creation of a government Department or Ministry of Happiness to address the problem.
Adopting the motion, the senate also urged the federal government through the Ministry of Information, National Orientation Agency (NOA),Ministry of Health to create awareness on how to control stress and depression.
The senate also urged the federal government through the National Universities Commission (NUC) to review the school curriculum and come up with compulsory courses that would enable students place value on their lives.
It also urged religious bodies across the federation to always preach love, peace and how to relieve stress and depression.
The senate also said there was need to engage the executive to expand its special intervention programme of to leverage on extant schemes like the N-Power in creating economic opportunities for the vulnerable people -
Psychologist says more women attempt suicide than men
Miss Titi Tade, Clinical Psychologist, Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative (SURPIN) on Saturday said more women attempted suicide than men.
Tade made the assertion while delivering a lecture titled, ‘Depression, vis-à-vis Suicide Rate in the Country, at the July Congress of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos State Chapter
According to her, while more women attempt suicide, women also have more chances of survival than men.
Tade, also a Deputy Director, Medical Social Services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital(LUTH), noted that this was so because women were more prone to depression than men.
She said women also were more likely to seek help out of depression than the men.
“More women attempt suicide than men and more women survive suicide attempt than men because the method they adopt or substances they take for the suicide are usually milder than the men.
“Out of five women that attempt suicide, four have the tendency to survive, while only one out of five men that attempt such survive,” she said.
According to the psychologists, over 90 per cent of suicide cases are caused by depression.
Tade said 78 per cent of suicide cases globally occurs in the underdeveloped countries while the developed countries record only 22 per cent.
According to her, suicide is a mental case and it kills about one million people daily, while youths and children of about five years are also involved.
“Suicide occurs in every 40 seconds and about 20 to 25 people attempt it, but do not succeed.
“The second highest cause of suicide is failed relationship, while others are terminal or physical illness, genetic factor, cultural factor, social isolation, bereavement, unemployment, amongst others,” she said.
Tade advised Nigerians to reduce stigmatisation, discrimination on mental health issues, over spiritualism and improve communication as well as school mental health programme.
She also urged the government to address the issue of shortage of mental health professionals while the media should desist from its sensational reporting of suicide cases towards curbing the menace.
Mrs Adeola Ekine, Chairman, NAWOJ, Lagos Chapter, lauded the Psychologist for mentoring the association’s members and sharing from her wealth of experience.
Ekine encouraged women to be closer to their children and give them adequate and effective advise that would guide them to take the right steps in life, as cases of youths involved in suicide were on the increase.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that over 30 members of the association attended the congress. -
A painful suicide – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido
Do not get me wrong; every incident of suicide is painful because it diminishes our human commonwealth, but I found this one particularly painful. I am talking of the death of Christabel Omore Buoro Owoicho, a 300-level student of the University of Benin. She was alleged to have committed suicide after being raped. She was reported to be introverted and a virgin at the time she was raped. Her suicide note is alleged to be incoherent; an alleged psychiatric situation is being insinuated. Details of her life and death are scanty, but I will make my deductions based on available information.
Rape has reached an epidemic proportion in Nigeria. Females, especially younger ones, no longer seem to have a safe haven. Rape is taking place in homes, religious organizations, schools, sports arenas, recreational parks and just about everywhere. Kidnappers and armed robbers are no longer contented with their monetary demands and gains. They rape and humiliate their female captives. They rape wives in the presence of their husbands, practically “castrating” the men. What can be more humiliating and heart-wrenching than your wife being raped in your presence, while you watch helplessly? There are reports of two-month-old babies being raped. I have been asking the question, how do you rape a two-month-old baby? What is that? Is there no other English word to capture this tragedy?The report did not tell us where and when Christabel was raped. Was he an admirer or a “toaster,” who had to resort to force and violence since he could not get it voluntarily? Was the culprit a serial rapist, who committed the act because Christabel was at the wrong place at the wrong time? He took away her virginity without her consent. Was Christabel waiting for her wedding night before surrendering her virginity to her future-never-to-be husband or she was just too busy with her studies to worry about amorous relationships. Whatever, she had the right to determine how she wanted to be deflowered and who she wanted to do it. That right was denied her by the rapist.
Did Christabel confide in anybody after the incident or kept it to herself as many rape victims do? Nobody prays for her ward to be raped, but maybe, we also need to start discussing handling the aftermath of rape with our wards. It is an awkward thing to do, but if someone had discussed how to handle post-rape trauma with Christabel, she would probably be alive now. We need to encourage our wards to be more open and forthcoming. So much is going on in young people’s lives; they need to understand that they are too young to deal with all of the issues; they simply do not have all the answers. They need help.
The rapist is still at large. Police said they are investigating. I will be more comforted if the police in America were to say this. By now they would have had the DNA profile of the rapist. Even if they are unable to solve the case now, they can still do it 50 years from now because the DNA profile will be in the data bank until they get a match. Other pieces of evidence will also be well preserved. Do our police have this capacity? The answer is no. Many of our police stations do not even have a single computer. If you see laptops, they are personally owned by the district police officer (DPO) or district crime officer (DCO).Beyond that, what motivates an average policeman in America and Nigeria? In America, it is excellence, good track record and legacy. By the time they retire, you see the twinkle in their eyes when they reminiscence on the cases they solved and crimes they busted. They might not have much in terms of money and physical assets. Some simply take up security-related jobs and life goes on. Some acquire fresh skills and move to other endeavours. But they remain proud of their time in the police force.
What about his counterpart in Nigeria? His primary motivation seems to be pecuniary gains. That is probably why 200,000 people will apply for 2000 job openings. As he commences his journey in the Police force, he is already on the road extorting money from hapless Nigerians. And pecuniary interest guides him throughout his career in the Nigerian Police Force. There are some very professional officers, but they are too few to make the critical difference that we urgently need.
The Nigerian environment can, however, not be exonerated from blame. In America, basic necessities are given for anybody who earns an income. That is not the case here. When policemen are injured or die in the line of duty, their entitlements are made available without delay in America. That is not the case here. When policemen retire or leave the force in America, they get their benefits without bribing or lobbying anybody. Our case is different. You cannot get an efficient police force in this kind of environment. Our environment notwithstanding, our policemen must realise that the police force is not a business organisation. If you want to compete with Aliko Dangote, the police force is a wrong place to be.
Whatever their challenges are, I urge the police to be at their best and track down the person who raped Christabel. After he is tracked down, investigation must be thoroughly conducted, leaving no loophole, so that they ca get a conviction. I have seen judges set guilty people free. The judge knows the person is guilty, but she is unable to pronounce a guilty verdict because the evidence is not strong enough. The case should also be speedily dispensed with. Sometimes our cases drag on for too long. A lawyer friend told me that the Lagos State justice system has been greatly reformed and improved on; what about the federal and other states? I also learnt that the punishment for rape in Lagos State is life imprisonment; I do not know what obtains in other states, but I am shocked that people still commit rape in spite of the stiff punishment. May be we need mass enlightenment to sensitise the “raping public.” Anything to protect our wives, daughters, sisters, mothers and other women should be done. Sex, at the minimum, must be consensual.
I sympathise with the family of Christabel. It must be tough for them. Youths must learn to be open to family. People before them have also been in seemingly hopeless situations where it looked life has come to an end; there is nothing else to live for. Over time, the situation passed away or they adjusted and learn to live with it. Many women bear the scars of rape, some raped by family members and other people they trusted. Tough as it was, they have moved on with their lives. Oprah Winfrey and Jane Fonda are among many successful women today who are rape victims. The experience was traumatic, but it did not keep them down. It could have been so for Christabel. Youths, whatever storm you are going through will pass away. Nothing lasts forever, not even this earth we currently inhabit.
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27-year-old man commits suicide in Epe
The Police Command in Lagos has confirmed that a 27-year-old man, Omotola Onayemi, also known as `Ola-brain’, on Monday, committed suicide over alleged frustration.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened in Epe Local Government area of Lagos state, at about 5:30am on Monday.
Sgt. Ademola Ogunjobi, Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Epe Branch confirmed the incident in an interview with NAN.
According to him, the police have confirmed the incident of a young man that committed suicide by hanging in early hours of today.
“The corpse has been deposited in a mortuary at Epe General Hospital for further investigation,’’ the DPO said.
An eyewitness, Mr Tunde Badmus, told NAN, that the incident happened at Idi-Aba area of Epe.
He said that the young man committed the suicide by hanging himself to death early hours of Monday.
According to Badmus, he alleged that the deceased was once a yahoo-yahoo boy before his mother stopped him from such attitude.
“The young man was found roaming around the streets and probably felt frustrated after leaving the yahoo-yahoo job and decided to hang himself.
“I was surprised seeing him dead by hanging early hour of today in the area,” he said.
He said that the corpse has been taking to mortuary for further investigation/claims.
NAN reports that the deceased mother, who is a widow declined comments as she was still in shock.
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Another UNN final year student commits suicide
Samuel Elias, 25, a final year student of Department of Religion and Culture, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has allegedly committed suicide by drinking Sniper.
The mother of the deceased, Mrs Kate Elias a staff of the university, told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the unfortunate incident happened on Monday June 17, around 5.30pm in her house at Justina Eze Street Nsukka.
Elias said: “she came back from work on that fateful day and discovered that the mood of her first child was bad and he was staggering when he came to collect a bottle of coke from the fridge.
“I followed him immediately to his room and started talking to him but he could not respond and when I looked closely, I discovered that his teeth had tightened up.
“As I looked around, I saw an empty sniper bottle; at this point I raised alarm and my other children rushed to the room and we tried to give him red oil but his tightened teeth did not allow the oil to enter his mouth,” she said.
According to her, we immediately rushed him to Faith Foundation Hospital, Nsukka and were later referred to Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka, where he eventually died.
The mother of seven said her son could have died of depression, noting that he had been lamenting of his inability to graduate from UNN because of his final year project which had been holding him.
She said also the son had not been happy how his late father’s family had abandoned them since their father died.
“I know two things he usually complained, his inability to graduate from UNN since 2016 because of the project that he has not finished as his classmates have all gone for their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
“Also, how his father’s family in Ihechiowa in Arochukwu Local Government of Abia Dtate abandoned them and their mother since their father died.
“Whenever he complained of these things, I usually advised him to trust God who is capable of solving every problem.
“I do not know why he will go to this extent of committing suicide, I have seven children and he was my first child.
“It is still like a dream to me that my first son and first child has died,” she said in tears.
Reacting to this incident, Prof. Tagbo Ugwu, the Head of Department of Religion and Culture in UNN, said somebody called him and told him about the unfortunate incident.
“I received the news with shock and surprise.
“I will find out from his supervisor what is wrong from the project that has stopped him from graduating,” he said.
When contacted Mr Ebere Amaraizu, the Police Public Relations Office (PPRO), in Enugu State, confirmed the incident and said police would investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.
“The police is aware of Samuel Elias death, a final year student of the department of Religion and Culture in UNN who committed suicide on Monday by drinking sniper.
“Police will investigate circumstances surrounding the death,” he said.
It would be recalled that barely five weeks after Chukwuemeka Akachi, a 400-level student of Department of English and Literary Studies in UNN ended his own life after taking a bottle of sniper.
Another final year student of the institution, Mr Samuel Elias 25, from Department of Religion and Culture has also committed suicide by drinking Sniper on Monday June 17.
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‘Nigerian students have one of the highest rates of suicidal thoughts globally’
The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CCAMH), University of Ibadan, says that Nigerian students have one of the highest rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts globally.
Prof. Olayinka Omigbodun, the Director of CCAMH, stated this on Wednesday in Ibadan at a symposium held to mark the 2019 Day of the African Child.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme selected by the African Union to commemorate the day is: “Humanitarian Action in Africa: Children’s Rights First”.
NAN also reports that the Day of the African Child was set aside by the African Union in 1991 to recognise children who lost their lives in the June 16 children uprising in Soweto, South Africa.
Omigbogun, a consultant psychiatrist, said that 50 per cent of mental disorders had their onset before the age of 14, a period within which he said critical growth and development occur.
“Several studies identifying the health situation of children and adolescents in schools have been conducted by the CCAMH.
“The results of several needs assessment reveal a huge burden of health concerns within schools in Nigeria.
“A couple of years ago, our research team went into 22 rural and urban schools in Ibadan and studied about 2000 in-school adolescents.
“We have found that one in five of these students in our study reported thoughts of suicide while one in 10 said that they had attempted suicide in the last one year,” she said.
Omigbodun also said that they found that adolescents who came from unstable homes had higher rates of suicides.
She added that adolescents, who were exposed to sexual abuse, physical attacks, physical fights and bullying at school, were more likely to report attempting suicide.
The consultant psychiatrist also noted that one in five of adolescents in school use psychoactive substances which, according to her, are more likely to cause depression and conduct disorder among other mental health problems.
She called on government at all levels and private school owners to invest in sustainable school health and welfare programmes, saying that school forms an integral part of children and adolescents’ mental health and wellness.
“Promotion of health and wellbeing in school is a child’s right; children spend a lot of their formative years in school.
“Our children’s mental health is our nation’s future wellbeing. Despite the presence of a school health policy and programme in Nigeria, many students are not enjoying good health and wellbeing within their schools.
“In primary schools, we found up to 8 per cent of children had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a mental health condition characterised by inability to sustain attention and regulate ones activity level.
“We also found that many teachers did not understand or have the necessary skills to work with and help these children; whereas they described children with ADHD as stubborn, wicked, witches and evil,” she said.
According to her, paying attention to school health and wellbeing programme will increase school enrolment and reduce the rate of out-of-school children.
“Health and wellbeing are best addressed within the school system to facilitate learning and development.
“Schools are the most productive and less stigmatising platforms for providing health services for children.
“This is because schools are tailored toward learning and development and this makes them a natural context for prevention and intervention.
“There is considerable evidence that school-based mental health services produce positive effects on children’s emotional and behavioural functioning.
“Children and adolescents in Nigeria can no longer wait as their future hangs in the balance,” she said.
In her remarks, Mrs Funso Adegbola, Director of The Vale College, Ibadan, called on private school owners to invest in school mental health services.
Adegbola stressed the need for funding mental health programmes for adolescents and children to enable them live up to their maximum potentials.
She also decried the upsurge in the factors creating mental health needs, including the problems at home, hunger, depression, anxiety and negative peer influence.
“Researchers have found that access to school-based health services has high value for children, schools, and the country.
“At Vale College, we have a resident psychologist and we do mental health education, all of which have been of long term benefits to our students and the school,” she said.
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Suicide: NAFDAC vows to further regulate Sniper
The Nigerian government may direct a change in the package of ‘Sniper’, an agro-chemical that has increasingly become a choice killer for persons contemplating suicide, an official said.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it is partnering with other relevant bodies on this as part of plans to discourage the use of Sniper as a tool for suicide.
This is in response to calls for a check on the proliferation and ease of access to Sniper in markets and streets across the nation.
According to reports, the Director General of NAFDAC, Christiana Adeyeye, said Sniper containers “could now be made very difficult to open, or may be turned into a spray rather than the liquid contents it is known for.”
The suicide rate has increased in Nigeria with Sniper among the agents popularly used.
Notable among the reported incidents is that of a 400-level student of the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Chukwuemeka Akachi.
There was another case of a pastor in a popular Pentecostal church who recently committed suicide after consuming the deadly substance.
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Man, 40, commits suicide in Kano
A 40-year-old man, Femi Oguntumi, was on Friday found hanged to a ceiling fan in his room at Dakata Quarters Kano.
Oguntumi was a staff of Karish College in Kawaji area of Kano and there has been no indication yet as to what led to the incident.
However, the police say they have launched a discreet investigation to determine whether it was suicide or not.
Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations Officer in Kano state, said in a statement on Saturday in Kano that the police received information on the incident at about 8:15 p.m on Friday.
He said that the body of the deceased was discovered hanged with a rope tied to a ceiling fan in his room in what looked like a suicide.
“On reaching the scene of the incident the police found his lifeless body and was rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano where he was confirmed dead.
“The corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the said hospital.”
Haruna added that Police Commissioner Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that discrete investigation be carried out to find out the cause of the unfortunate incident.(
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LASPOTECH student jilted by girlfriend commits suicide
A student at the Department of Hospitality Management Technology, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ezekiel Mayowa, has killed himself after he was reportedly dumped by his girlfriend.
The corpse of the 34-year-old part-time student was discovered in his residence at Eyita, Ikorodu, around 5am on Friday. He was said to have taken a poisonous substance suspected to be Sniper.
Moments before he committed suicide, Mayowa posted a video on Facebook, explaining why he took the decision.
In the three-minute-18-second video, Mayowa bemoaned how his lover, one Bolaji Temmy, whom he had dated for nine years, ended the relationship after she commenced her National Youth Service Corps programme.
Amid sobs, Mayowa, who identified himself as the president of his department’s students’ association, lamented that he had made several efforts to reconcile with his estranged lover, but to no avail.
He said in the video, “I will advise the Federal Government to scrap NYSC because that is where I lost my joy; my love. I am not a bad boy; I am not wicked. Since my woman got into that (NYSC) camp, everything changed. Since last year, we’ve not been able to resolve anything. My woman is now taking an advantage of the mistake I made three years ago to leave me.
“I am going, I need to go, Bolaji Temmy is the woman I’m talking about. I need to go. To all the boys out there, please try to make money before you date any woman. I’ve tried my best. I’ve tried all I could. We’ve been dating for nine years and now she is leaving. I hurt her in the past, but I’ve appealed to her. But she insisted on leaving me.”
He appealed to his mother and colleagues to take heart, noting that he had chosen his own path.
“I will miss my mum. Mummy, please don’t cry. I have chosen my own path…I will miss you all. Your president is going…I am going. I am going now. I am empty. Bye,” he concluded.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, said the Shagamu Road Police Station, Ikorodu, received a distress call on the suicide around 5.30am.
He said when interrogated by the police, the girlfriend said Mayowa was fond of beating her and that they were together shortly before he took the poison.
Elkana said, “The police received information that a 34-year-old part-time student at Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, drank a poisonous chemical identified as Sniper, following a misunderstanding between him and his girlfriend, Olokodana Bolaji, 24, who was also a graduate of the same institution.
“He was rushed to hospital by his neighbours following an alarm raised by his girlfriend, but eventually died. In the statement of his girlfriend, she told police investigators that she and the deceased dated for nine years and that the deceased was fond of beating her.
“She said while she was with the deceased in his room, they had a quarrel and he, as usual, resorted to physical violence. She said she ran to the rest room and upon her return, she found him gasping for breath with an empty bottle of Sniper beside him.”
The PPRO stated that detectives from the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, visited the scene of the incident, adding that the corpse had been deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
“Investigation is ongoing to determine whether it was actually a suicide case or murder,” Elkana added.