Man Commits Suicide Over N300,000 Debt In Ibadan
Residents of Ososami in Ibadan, Oyo State, were on Tuesday, thrown into a state of confusion when a 57-year old man identified as Olajire Otunla committed suicide by hanging over an alleged N300,000 debt.
Some of the residents who commented on the incident on condition of anonymity said that the incident, which occurred at SW8/634 on Ososami/Oke-Ado road at about 1:30pm, described the deceased as an easy-going and hardworking man.
Speaking with journalists, his wife, Mrs. Monisola Otunla, a food vendor who could not hold back tears stated that her husband was a trader.
”My husband was a trader who deals in men’s underwear; he was a very hardworking man. He did not go to where he sells his wares today so he was indoors.
“At about 1:30pm, I went upstairs to drop some of the kitchen utensils I used and start preparation for tomorrow’s business as my shop is located downstairs. I knocked the door to our rooms, there was no response, that was when I raised the alarm and the neighbours joined me to forcefully open the door only to get inside the bedroom to find his lifeless body with rope around his neck tied to the window burglary protection iron rods,” she said.
Asked about what could have led to her husband’s action, Mrs. Otunla, said, ”Although, he has not been sharing the challenges he was facing with me, I am aware of the fact that he was owing the sum of N300,000.
Maybe that was what prompted him to take his life because he did not leave a suicide note,” she added.
One of his children, Bolade Otunla, said that, ”I just got a call from someone that I should come home right away that my father has taken his own life. This is so shocking , I still cannot comprehend what could have led to his action”.
It was gathered that the late Otunla is survived by four children; two males and two females, two of which are already graduates.
One of them had her graduation ceremony two weeks ago, at which the late Otunla was in attendance, while the second is preparing for his convocation ceremony scheduled to hold in two weeks’ time.
Police officers from Orita Challenge division arrived the scene at about 3 p.m and after evaluating the scene of the incident, took the body of the late Otunla to the Adeoyo mortuary.
