By Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti
A 49-year old, father of five, night guard in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital Mr.Abolarinwa Olaoye, on Tuesday’s night hanged himself within the
State Secretariat, where he worked in Ado Ekiti.
The deceased's body which at the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, where he worked, was found hanged with a clothing material to the railing of a building at the Ministry of Education , where he had reported to duty around 6pm on Tuesday.
The unfortunate development has become a major discursion in Ado Ekiti among the civil servants and other members of the public.
When our correspondent visited the scene of the unfortunate incident at the state Secretariat on Wednesday, large number of civil servants were found in clusters near the scene with everyone strangling to catch a glimpse of the suspended body of the deceased.
The Boxer MB 100 brand motorcycle with registration number ADK 210 WS brought by the deceased to the office was parked within the building where the suicide took place.
An in-law, Mrs Elizabeth Babalola hinted our correspondent that the deceased also engaged in commercial motorcycle operation and farming to support his civil service work.
Olaoye, a native of Igogo Ekiti, Moba Local Government area of the State, according to Mrs Babalola, an in-law and confidant, came to her around 4.30 pm on Tuesday and lamented the acute financial problems he had been encountering of recent.
Babalola , who is the deceased’s wife elder sister added : “He came to me around 4.30pm on Tuesday and started lamenting that his house rent had due and that he could not pay due to irregular salary payment.
"He said he was also indebted to the government through housing and car loans he obtained ..
“He also complained about inability to meet other financial commitments to his wife’s family. He told me he could go ahead and do some nasty . He told me clearly that he was tired of life.
“I tried to persuade him not to resort to anything nasty. I told him life is full of ups and downs and that he should just endure, but Inever knew he would end this way”, she said.
The Executive Secretary of the Ekiti Stat Scholarship Board, Mr. Ayo Ajimat, confirmed that the deceased was a staff of the board before his demise.
“Yes, he was our staff. He was a very prayerful, jovial and amiable person, I didn’t understand what led to this. I didn’t know the kind of problem he had that could lead to this”, he said.
As at the time of filing this report, the body of the man was still hanging to the wall due to insistence of some people that certain ritual would have to be performed before he could be brought down.
Operatives of the Department of State Services(DSS) and policemen from the Police Station located at the old Iyin road with jurisdiction over the area where the incident happened came to the scene.
But they could not remove the corpse as they said they were waiting for the family from Igogo Ekiti to arrive before taking any action.
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