80-Year-Old Tenant Commits Suicide In Lagos

An octogenarian identified as Isiyaka Ayinde has reportedly killed himself at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday night.

A police source, citing a tenant who lives in the same compound where the deceased lived, told Punch the 80-year-old man committed suicide with a rope in the kitchen.

“He heard his children shouting that he should come and see Baba in the kitchen. When he ran into the kitchen, he saw the lifeless body of the tenant hanging on a rope that was tied to the burglary proof of one of the windows in the kitchen,” the police source was quoted as saying.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the scene has been visited and photographs taken.

“The family of the deceased is not interested in depositing the body at the mortuary but rather prefer burying the corpse immediately as a result of the age and religious inclination of the deceased,” Hundeyin was quoted as saying.

In August last year, THE WHISTLER reported that a 30-year-old man, identified as Buka Abana, jumped into the lagoon from Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge.

According to a statement by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Margaret Adeseye, the man’s body was recovered dead.

EDITOR’s NOTE: If you are in Nigeria and you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call National Emergency Hotlines at 112 or Nigerian Suicide Prevention Initiative Counselling Centre at 0806 210 6493 to connect with a trained counselor.

For support outside of Nigeria, a worldwide directory of resources and international hotlines is provided by the International Association for Suicide Prevention.