A 19-year-old student of Ipetu Ijesha College of Technology in Osun State, Olonade Tomiwa Victor, on Saturday hanged himself to death with a telephone cable at his parents’ residence in Isokun area of Ilesha.
The incident threw the entire people living in the vicinity into confusion and mourning.
As at the time of filing this report, the reason for his decision remains unknown.
It was gathered that his mother was in church when the incident happened but when she learnt of the incident, the mother was said to have wept uncontrollably and later fainted before she was revived by sympathisers at the scene.
While reacting to the incident, the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, said the command had commenced a probe into the circumstances that characterised the reported suicide.
She said: “The deceased was found hanging in his father’s compound on Saturday and report of the deceased’s demise was brought to Ilesha ‘A’ division of the command on Saturday by one Agboola Adesola of 49, Isokun street in the town.”
According to her, police visited the scene and evacuated the corpse which has been deposited at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha.
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