Incredibly Sad! 27-Year Old Hangs Self Over N18,000 Debt

There was confusion at Oke Initea area of Osogbo, Osun
State, on Tuesday, following the discovery of the remains of a 27-years-old
man, Adekola Busari, who had hung himself. It was gathered that Busari, was
indebted to a micro finance bank, but his wife had assisted in repaying the
loan, remaining just N18,000 to balance up. Although things were said to be
down for the man, but it was not certain if the debt was the reason he had
killed himself.

The deceased’s wife, Bidemi, was said to have discovered the
corpse of her husband dangling inside their sitting room when she went to
urinate early in the morning.

Amidst wailing, the widow said her husband did not show any
sign that he would kill himself.She said,

“My husband went out to watch a football match last night
and stayed till 11pm and when he came back home, he ate, we chatted, prayed
together and he went to bed without any sign. Though he is financially
indebted, I have been paying the debt for the loan he took from a micro finance
bank. So I don’t understand why he hung himself.

“I woke up to urinate and discovered that the  cloth I used to cover our two year-old child
was missing, only to find out that it was the cloth my husband used to hang
himself.”

The Divisional Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, in Olorunda Local Government Area, Mr. Babatunde Ojeniyi,
confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone.

He said, ” We have informed the Water and Environmental  Department at the Local Government Area,
whose responsibility it is to remove the corpse. But we were told that certain
traditional rites would have to be performed before the body would be lowered.”

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