A manager inwards the Kogi State civil service, Mr Edward Soje, has allegedly committed suicide yesteryear hanging himself on a tree inwards Lokoja, the nation capital.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Sat inwards Lokoja that the dangling trunk of Soje was institute on a tree behind the mammy marketplace position at the Maigumeri barracks, the Nigeria Army Command Record.
The 54-year-old civil retainer decided to accept his life barely 10 days after his married adult woman of 17 years gave nascence to a ready of manful someone triplets inwards a individual infirmary inwards Abuja. The twosome had been childless earlier then.
Soje, a Grade Level sixteen Officer inwards the Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, was beingness owed xi months’ salary arrears equally at the fourth dimension he took his life.
He hailed from Ogori town inwards Ogori -Magongo Local Government expanse of the state.
He had earlier killing himself travelled to Abuja in addition to left a suicide banknote for the married adult woman who also industrial plant inwards i of the federal ministries.
“Psalm 121:3 God volition non endure your human foot to live on moved: He that keepeth yous volition non slumber. Amen. You in addition to the 3 boys, the God Almighty volition proceed yous in addition to prosper you, amen. I honey you,” according to the suicide note.
Confirming the incident, the nation constabulary ascendence Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya said that the dangling trunk of Soje was institute on a tree behind the barracks at most 5:55 p.m on Oct. 16.
Aya said that the Divisional Police Officer inwards accuse of Area D Division received information most the incident from the military machine intelligence constituent inwards the barracks.
“Police moved to the scene, removed the corpse to the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. Investigation is withal ongoing,” Aya said.
The constabulary spokesman said that naught was institute on the human being to aid line his address in addition to family.
However, a search political party organised yesteryear his relations in addition to friends, institute his corpse at the morgue of the infirmary on Friday, Oct. 20.
Family sources said that Soje had earlier the incident been going through a lot of fiscal pressure level due to non-payment of his salary for xi months yesteryear the Kogi State Government.
He was alongside thousands of civil servants beingness owed betwixt 2 in addition to 21 months’ salary arrears yesteryear the nation government.
As a agency out, he was said to stimulate got sold his solely machine in addition to a three-bedroom bungalow he was edifice at Otokiti expanse of Lokoja.
The edifice which was at lintel degree was sold yesteryear Soje at a giveaway cost of N1.5 i M one thousand inwards Apr to run across urgent identify unit of measurement needs, it was gathered.
According to the sources, Soje’s fiscal woes became compounded when the married adult woman gave nascence to a ready of triplets through Caesarian functioning inwards a individual infirmary inwards Abuja on Oct. 7.
The deceased remained inwards the infirmary to await after married adult woman in addition to children until Oct. 13, a solar daytime earlier the naming ceremony when he decided to come upwards dorsum to Lokoja.
On getting to Lokoja, Soje went take to his banking concern to collect the remaining N30,000 inwards his salary job organization human relationship with i of the commercial banks in addition to thereafter informed the banking concern inwards writing most his determination to unopen the account.
He straightaway left Lokoja for the infirmary inwards Abuja where he rejoined his married adult woman in addition to handed over the N30,000 cash to her.
On Oct. 14, Soje in addition to married adult woman were joined yesteryear 2 pastors in addition to few relatives to perform a brief naming ceremony for the triplets inwards the hospital.
He afterwards left the infirmary on the pretext that he wanted to selection few things from the wife’s bird inwards Abuja with a hope to come upwards dorsum quickly.
But Soje did non furnish for hours in addition to did non selection whatever of the many calls made to his telephone line, a evolution which forced the married adult woman to post somebody to the theater to larn in addition to ascertain what was happening to him.
The person, on getting to the bird knocked the door severally merely no response in addition to decided to telephone band his telephone number.
On hearing the telephone ringing out from the apartment, the someone was said to stimulate got knocked severally i time to a greater extent than merely no response, this made him to seek the assistance of neighbours to strength the door open.
When the door was opened, the people were shocked when they saw Soje’s telephone handset placed on a suicide banknote on the centre tabular array inwards the sitting room piece he was nowhere to live on found.
When the married adult woman was informed, she apace contacted about people to start out a search for him inwards Abuja piece relations in addition to friends inwards Lokoja were also informed of the development.
Efforts made to locate him did non yield fruit until relations decided to take in hospitals inwards Lokoja, the determination paid off eventually on Friday, Oct twenty when the corpse of Soje was institute inwards the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.
A fellow member of the identify unit of measurement said that the management of the infirmary explained to them that Soje’s corpse was brought inwards yesteryear the police, who institute it dangling on a tree.
A fellow member of the family, who spoke on status of anonymity, described the belatedly Soje equally a “very serenity in addition to lovable human being. “
He said that about members of the identify unit of measurement stimulate got been sent to Abuja to interruption the word to the married adult woman in addition to refused to response farther questions.
NAN