IJEBU-ODE—A 42-year-
old artisan was reported
to have committed
suicide on Monday night
in Erigo, a suburb of
Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, over a N750,000 debt. According to reports,
the self-employed
artisan and father of
two, hanged himself in
his residence when his
wife and children were out of the house. It was also gathered
that the artisan’s earlier
attempts to kill himself
were aborted because
people intervened.
During a visit at the late artisan’s residence in
Odutola Ogunleye Street
in Erigo, hundreds of
sympathisers were seen
discussing the tragedy. The artisan was said to
have taken the loan
from a new generation
bank in Ijebu-Ode,
where his wife worked
before her sack. It was also learnt that it
was the shame of his
inability to repay the
loan, which he used to
complete his house, that
moved him to commit suicide. His relative, who spoke
on condition of
anonymity, said the
artisan, who was a glass
cutter, left home with
his family on Monday morning to his shop. The late craftsman was
said to have later
returned to take his life.
The relative explained
that it was when the
wife returned home from her shop in the
night that she found the
body of her husband
dangling from the rope. He said: ‘’It was a
terrible and unfortunate
experience. He went to
drop his wife and his
two children in her shop
with a promise to come and pick them later. ‘’He also went to his
shop at Degun in Ijebu-
Ode, but later came back
home in the evening to
hang himself. It was
when the wife returned from her shop that she
found the deceased
body hanged, which
made her to alert the
people. ‘’ Some sympathisers,
who expressed surprise
at the artisan’s death,
described him as an
easy- going person who
would not contemplate taking his life. As at press time, the
body was still hanging
on the rope. It was
learnt that a ritual
needed to be performed
before the body could be released for burial. A police officer at Atan
Police Divisional
Headquarters in Ijebu-
North-East Local
Government Area, who
declined to be mentioned, said the
police had been
informed about the
incident. The officer said
investigations had
commenced on the
matter. Source: vanguardngr.com/2012/08/ijebu-artisan-hangs-self-over-n750000-debt/

Emeniyen: IJEBU-ODE—A 42-year-
old artisan was reported
to have committed
suicide on Monday night
in Erigo, a suburb of
Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, over a N750,000 debt. According to reports,
the self-employed
artisan and father of
two, hanged himself in
his residence when his
wife and children were out of the house. It was also gathered
that the artisan’s earlier
attempts to kill himself
were aborted because
people intervened.
During a visit at the late artisan’s residence in
Odutola Ogunleye Street
in Erigo, hundreds of
sympathisers were seen
discussing the tragedy. The artisan was said to
have taken the loan
from a new generation
bank in Ijebu-Ode,
where his wife worked
before her sack. It was also learnt that it
was the shame of his
inability to repay the
loan, which he used to
complete his house, that
moved him to commit suicide. His relative, who spoke
on condition of
anonymity, said the
artisan, who was a glass
cutter, left home with
his family on Monday morning to his shop. The late craftsman was
said to have later
returned to take his life.
The relative explained
that it was when the
wife returned home from her shop in the
night that she found the
body of her husband
dangling from the rope. He said: ‘’It was a
terrible and unfortunate
experience. He went to
drop his wife and his
two children in her shop
with a promise to come and pick them later. ‘’He also went to his
shop at Degun in Ijebu-
Ode, but later came back
home in the evening to
hang himself. It was
when the wife returned from her shop that she
found the deceased
body hanged, which
made her to alert the
people. ‘’ Some sympathisers,
who expressed surprise
at the artisan’s death,
described him as an
easy- going person who
would not contemplate taking his life. As at press time, the
body was still hanging
on the rope. It was
learnt that a ritual
needed to be performed
before the body could be released for burial. A police officer at Atan
Police Divisional
Headquarters in Ijebu-
North-East Local
Government Area, who
declined to be mentioned, said the
police had been
informed about the
incident. The officer said
investigations had
commenced on the
matter. Source: vanguardngr.com/2012/08/ijebu-artisan-hangs-self-over-n750000-debt/

R.I.P, to the death, but did he not think about the wife and kids while committing suicide? I hope the loan was not taken out on the house sha o.