Man commits suicide in Osogbo

A middle-aged man, Samuel Marvelous, has reportedly committed suicide by drinking a substance suspected to be poison in Osogbo, Osun State capital..

His reason for committing suicide is yet unknown at the time of filing this report.

According to information made available to Edujandon.com , the deceased, from the southeast, was found unconscious in his apartment opposite Our Lady and Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School, Isale Aro, Osogbo on Sunday, November 7 by his co-tenants, who rushed him to a nearby hospital for resuscitation.


He later died in the early hours of Monday morning as all efforts made to revive him by the medical personnel at the hospital proved abortive.


The co-tenant, who did not want his name in print, said the deceased took his own life for reasons best known to him.

While explaining that the poisonous substance he ingested was an insecticide, the co-tenant revealed that Marvelous was a hardworking young man whose death was very unfortunate.

He stated that the incident has thrown Isale Aro into mourning.


Efforts to get the Osun Police Command to confirm the incident proved abortive as all calls went unanswered at the time of filing this report.

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