Tragedy struck in Umuoba village, Ovom, Obingwa Area council in Abia State after a graduate of Abia State Polytechnic, awaiting the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, call up, committed suicide in his family house.
Vanguard reports that the deceased, whose name is yet unknown, allegedly hung himself with a rope on Sunday after attending a mass service in one of the Catholic churches in the area.
A resident of the area while reacting to the incident observed that the deceased had a good job and wondered why he had to commit suicide.
“He returned from church on Sunday and nobody suspected that such a thing was going to happen. It was around 5pm that the bad news broke.
“The mother and the dad we learnt are all dead.
‘’I think he is the breadwinner of the family. It is very unfortunate. We learnt that he will be among the people that will be going for NYSC soon because he schooled in Abia poly,” he said.
According to the report, residents of the area disclosed that the incident was a sacrilege and as such a ritual must be performed before his body could be touched and buried.
“So, it was on Monday that they (villagers) after performing the rituals took away his corpse from the room where it was lying,” they said.
The incident was confirmed by the Abia State Police Commissioner, CP Habila Joshak.
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