Medical Director Commits Suicide

The Medical Director of City Convalescent Clinic, Medical Director
Commits Suicide this morning committed suicide at his residence, 13,
Aliu Street, Kosofe by Ile-Iwe Bus-stop, Ketu, western Nigeria.
The body of the deceased was found by his wife dangling from the
ceiling fan in one of the rooms of their two-storey building, which also
houses a clinic.
The reason why he took his life could not be ascertained as he did not
leave any suicide note behind. A neighbour of the deceased, told
P.M.NEWS that they woke up this morning and  heard people wailing
from the clinic and when they got there the wife of the deceased, who
wept uncontrollably, narrated how she discovered the lifeless body of
her late husband hanging from the ceiling this morning.
Disu said from what he gathered from the widow, they both slept
together in one of their rooms but when she noticed that the deceased
was no longer with her, she decided to check in the vacant rooms.
Disu stated further that the wife, while wailing, said she couldn’t
phantom why her middle-aged husband would decide to commit
suicide.
“The wife of the deceased is yet to come to terms with the reality that
her husband is no more. From what she said, her late husband left her
in their room. And after waiting for a while, she decided to look for her
husband only for her to find the lifeless body hanging from a ceiling fan
in an adjoining room,” Disu said
A woman, identified as Iya Kafayat, described the deceased as an easy
going man who was always ready to treat an ailing patient that comes
to his hospital.
Iya Kafayat, who was close to tears while speaking with our
correspondent, wondered what could have prompted the deceased to
take his life. “I don’t think it is an ordinary thing. Maybe he was
charmed into committing suicide but I don’t want to believe that
because only the Almighty Allah knows what actually went wrong,” she
said.
Okechukwu Obinna, one of the onlookers in front of the clinic said he is
still in shock over why a loving man would decide to commit suicide,
when things are apparently going on well for him.
An elderly woman who had known the deceased for close to two
decades said the late Medical Director could have killed himself as a
result of pressure from his erstwhile wife.
According to her, the deceased was married to his first wife for 10 years
without her bearing him a child.
“He had to marry the present wife who bore him the two kids he left
behind,” the woman told P.M.NEWS.
She added that the hospital, where the deceased committed suicide,
had been shut for close to 15 years before it was reopened.
Attempts to speak with the Divisional Police Officer the Alapere Police
Station proved abortive as our correspondent was directed to the Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ngozi Braide.
When Braide was contacted, she said she is yet to be briefed about
what happened.
As at the time of filing this report people were still milling around the
hospital in shock over the incident. The late Okereke left behind a boy
and a girl.

Source P.M.NEWS