Director In Lagos Ministry Of Youths Commits Suicide In Ogun

A Director in Lagos State Ministry of Youths,
identified as Mr Oludare Buraimoh, has
committed suicide by hanging in his room
in Abeokuta, Ogun state.



Buraimoh, who lives at Unity Estate, Phase
II, Gbonagun, Abeokuta, took his life at
about 4.00 p.m. on Monday after attending
to his son Dotun, who was sick.



According to News Agency of Nigeria, many
sympathisers, who spoke in silent tones
about the ugly incident, were seen in the
compound.



Dotun told NAN that the incident happened
around 4.00 p.m. after his father gave him
a drug to treat malaria.


Dotun said;

“We were both at home; he came to give
me a drug and left me thinking he was
going to retire to his room. But when I
did not hear his voice I called him, but no
response came.



“I, thereafter, went to his room only to
find him hanging on the ceiling with a
traditional Aso Oke tied to his neck and a
stool with which he committed the
suicide.



“I then alerted the neighbours, who in
turn, told me to alert the police, which I
did,”

The wife of the deceased said she was
yet to come to terms with her husband’s
despicable act.


She said;

“I don’t know what came over him, it is
inexplicable.

“We have been surviving through the
thick and thin and now that we ought to
sit down and enjoy after all the years of
toiling, he decided to take his life.


“He did not show any sign of depression
at the time he committed suicide.


“He was in high spirit, what led him to
this remained a riddle,”



The Obantoko Police Station, where the
incident was reported, confirmed the
suicide.


DSP Rasheed Olaleye of the station
confirmed the incident, but declined to give
further comments, saying that the DPO
would be in the best position to handle the
case.


The body of the deceased has been
deposited at General Hospital, Abeokuta,
after clearance from the police.


NAN