Lockdown: 45-Year-Old Man Commits Suicide In Imo State

A 45-year-old man, Osita Ezuruike, on Tuesday, has reportedly committed suicide at Umudafa, Awo Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state.

Neighbours, on Tuesday, discovered Ezuruike had hung himself at his residence in the area.

Sources at the community claimed the deceased was frustrated with life over the lockdown and the dusk-to-dawn curfew by the state government to curtail the spread of the dreaded coronavirus [Covid-19] disease in the state.

But the police had yet to ascertain why the deceased committed suicide as of the time of filing this report.

Our correspondent learnt that the deceased’s neighbours alerted the police after discovering that he had hung himself.

When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said that the corpse had taken to a morgue.

Ikeokwu also let out that an investigation into the incident had commenced.

The police spokesperson said, “On April 27, acting on a report, operatives of the Divisional Police headquarters in Mbieri moved to Umudafa, Awo Mbieri, Mbaitoli LGA, in a house belonging to one Osita Ezuruike, 45, and met the lifeless body of the said Osita hanging.

“The reason for taking his own life could not be ascertained.

“However, the corpse has been removed to the morgue, while an investigation into the incident has commenced.”