Saturday, 10 September 2022

Taboo! A 19yrs old undergraduate of Ipetu-Ijesa Polytechnic Commits Suicide

It was a black weekend for the family of a 19 years old Computer Engineering student of Ipetu-Ijesa Polytechnic, Osun State, Tomiwa Olonade who hanged himself on a spreading rope in his parent’s rented apartment at Isokun, Ilesa.

Tomiwa, according to his octogenarian grandfather with tears stained cheeks, Mr Enoch, came back from school this morning to have a discussion with his mother.

” his mother just sent him 80,000 naira yesterday to pay his school fee, I always send money to him whenever Victor complained of fund paucity, I am done for, in spite of all I passed through with my daughter to give you the best parents can do for their children, you chose to part with us in this gruesome manner “, Pa Enoch lamented.

Reports reveals that the deceased, who was raised by a single mother name withheld , had earlier called her to have an important discussion with her, but the mother was said to have gone to a church.

It was gathered that the mother who rushed back home to honor her child’s request was shocked to be denied access to the compound by neighbours who had discovered the body of Tomiwa dangling on the spreading rope at the back of his mum’s apartment.

A friend to the mother of the deceased who crave anonymity said the bereaved mother called her to rush to her apartment that she received a distress call that her daughter fell seriously heal at home, noting that she was quick to tell her that the daughter in question hale a d healthy as she was with her.

She said that the call and response raised suspicions and prompted her to rush to her house only to find a mammoth crowd trying to gain access to the gory site for a glimpse of the lifeless body of the first child of her friend.

Though the cause of Tomiwa’s action is still sketchy as there was no suicide note left by the victim as at the time of filing this report, traditionalists have since been contacted to perform some rites to persuade god of thunder (Sango) to avert recurrence of the evil in the family.

Police from the Ayeso A’ Divisional Headquarters, Ilesa were also at the scene trying to gather information that could assist their investigations.

Coverage : Haastrup

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