Tragedy struck in Umuoba
village, Ovom, Obingwa Area council in Abia State after a graduate of Abia
State Polytechnic, awaiting the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, call up,
committed suicide in his family house.
Vanguard reports that
the deceased, whose name is yet unknown, allegedly hung himself with a rope on
Sunday after attending a mass service in one of the Catholic churches in the
area.
A resident of the area
while reacting to the incident observed that the deceased had a good job and
wondered why he had to commit suicide.
“He returned from church on Sunday and nobody suspected that such a thing was
going to happen. It was around 5pm that the bad news broke.
‘’I think he is the
breadwinner of the family. It is very unfortunate. We learnt that he will be
among the people that will be going for NYSC soon because he schooled in Abia
poly,” he said.
According to the report,
residents of the area disclosed that the incident was a sacrilege and as such a
ritual must be performed before his body could be touched and buried.
Monday the villagers after performing the rituals took away his corpse from the
room where it was lying,” they said.
The incident was
confirmed by the Abia State Police Commissioner, CP Habila Joshak.
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