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25-year-old man commits suicide, leaves a suicide note
A 25-year-old man, Chigozie Igwe, was found hanging in his room in Umuofor Umumumo Community, Ehime Mbano council area of Imo State on Saturday morning.
Naija News gathered that the deceased, reportedly committed suicide due to joblessness, frustration and hardship.
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Punch reports that on visit to the bereaved family, a few minutes after Chigozie’s body was discovered, sympasizers stormed the compound, weeping and wailing profusely.
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A member of the family, disclosed that the deceased was the first son of his parents and that he left a suicide note, which read, “Die, die, die let nobody weep for me because I am tired of this wicked world.”
Chigozie’s widowed mother who is also a peasant farmer, Mrs. Anthonia Igwe, was summoned from her farm to come see the corpse of her son dangling from a rope.
It was learnt that Anthonia wailed profusely and uncontrollably and refused to be consoled, as she rolled on the ground.
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According to Punch, the mother angrily queried Chigozie, “Is this the way you chose to leave this world? Remember that you have committed an abomination and you will go to the hottest part of hell.”
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the local government area could not be reached for comments; but his men were said to have visited the scene shortly after the incident was reported to them.