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Shock as father of five hangs self in Ekiti

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5 years ago

February 27, 2019

Itapaji Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State was , on Monday , thrown into confusion as a 60 – year – old man , Mr Daniel Sakpe , hanged himself in his house in the community .
Sources in the community said the man sneaked out of bed around midnight and pretended to be going to the toilet .

According to the sources , when the father of five did not come back to bed , his wife decided to call him without response .

One of the sources said , “ When the wife could not get any response from her husband , she raised the alarm . The woman also woke up her daughter , Rebecca.

“ It was in Rebecca’ s attempt to search for her father with a torchlight that she found his lifeless body dangling from the ceiling in one corner of the house . ”

According to him , nobody can tell the reason for Sakpe ’ s action .

Neighbours in the Omobayi area of the community , who expressed shock at the development , said there was nothing unusual about Sakpe ’ s behaviour that could have made anybody to suspect that he was nursing any ill feeling .

One of the neighbours, who identified himself simply as Tunde , said , “ The deceased was not moody and didn ’ t show any sign that he would commit suicide. He was one of those who conducted the church service in high spirit on Sunday . ”

A police source in Ikole Ekiti, who confirmed the development , said officials from the Ikole Police Station had recovered his body and investigation had begun into the incident .

The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Caleb Nwachukwu , said he had yet to be briefed about the incident but promised to get back once he could confirm it .

He had yet to get back to our correspondent as of the time of filing this report .