A MALE GRADUATE COMMITS SUICIDE BECAUSE OF GIRLFRIEND

For the family and friends of a
young man identified as Chijioke
who lived of 98 Abel Jumbo
Street, in Mile Two, Diobu, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, June 24,
will forever be remembered as
a Black Sunday.
While the young man’s family
members are wallowing in
mourning, neighbours and
acquaintance too are still
reeling from shock over his
sudden death. The question
everyone is asking is: Why would
a young, able-bodied graduate
choose to take his own life on
account of a woman?
The person in question, Chijioke,
age 23, a native of Ikwerre
Local Government Area of Rivers
State, and the son of a female
Chief Matron with the Rivers
State Health Management
Board, allegedly committed
suicide at his residence two
hours after he was granted bail
by the Diobu Police Station
after he was arrested and
detained for harassing his
girlfriend.
According to witnesses, on
Saturday, June 23, the late
young man and his girlfriend
had a misunderstanding which
prompted the young lady to
have him arrested by the police
on allegations of constant
harassments and threat to her
life. According to reports, the
lady in question (name withheld)
decided to arrest the deceased
when he insisted that their
relationship (which she was no
longer interested in) must
continue. Before the deceased
was released from police cell, he
was made to sign an
undertaking that he would
neither hurt the lady again nor
go close to her. Thereafter, he
left the police station in fury.
Relatives of the deceased who
were at the scene of the crime
refused to offer any comment,
but few neighbors who spoke
on the condition of anonymity
confirmed that the late lover
was discovered dead when a
friend came to visit him.
According to them, the visitor
alarm drew the attention of
neighbours and passers-by to
the shocking sight inside his
room.
Regarding the reason behind
the late Chijioke’s fatal action,
an insider affirmed that the
general consensus was that his
rash action that culminated in
his premature death was due
to his girlfriend’s refusal to
continue with the relationship, a
decision believed to have been
informed by his constant
beating and manhandling of the
girl. Another source claimed that
the deceased, a former student
of Marine Engineering
Department of the Rivers State
University of Science and
Technology, had been dating
the girl since when he was in
the university.
Meanwhile, elders from Isiokpo,
the deceased’s hometown, had
been deliberating on the
matter. Relatives are in dilemma
as there are rumours that the
remains of the deceased may
be thrown into evil forest in
accordance with the Ikwerre
custom as it relates to suicides.
In the meantime, the case had
been reported to the Azikiwe
Police Station for further
investigations