Man commits suicide for owing too much debt

By Correspondent in Ilorin.

A 25-year-old man, Olakunle Obaoye, who allegedly complained of owing too much debt and unable to settle them,has taken his life by committing suicide in Kwara state.

Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State command, who confirmed the incident to Journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday explained that the matter had been handed over to the police for further investigations.

According to him, information at his disposal revealed that Obaoye,whose remains were found ​inside bush at Erinmope village near Ayedun in Oke Ero Local Government Area of the state, killed himself over depression occasioned by his inability to pay his debts.

He further explained, “On Monday 17/01/2022:at about 1200 hours, one Thomas Obaoye of Ayedun town went to our divisional office in the area to notify our men on ground about the demise of his brother, Olakunle Obaoye, 25, whose lifeless body was found hanging on the tree in what look like suicide.”

He further told Journalists that that NSCDC men from Ayedun Division later went to the scene of the incident and worked together with the relatives of the victim to bring down his corpse from the tree and release it to his family for burial.

Edited by Dada Ahmed.