Crimes

80-year-old man commits suicide in Lagos

An 80-year-old man, Isiaka Ayinde, has committed suicide in the Imota area of Lagos State.

Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the landlord of the deceased, identified simply as Mustapha, made a report of the death at the Imota Police Division at about 12:26 a.m. on Friday, March 8, 2024.

Hundeyin said Mustapha reported that at about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, while at his house located at Watchtower Street, Araromi in Imota, he heard the children of the deceased shouting and calling him to come and see their father in the kitchen.

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The police spokesman further quoted Mustapha as saying that he ran into their kitchen and saw the lifeless body of the 80-year-old man hanging on a rope that was tied to the burglary railing of one of the windows in the kitchen.

Hundeyin added: “The scene has been visited by DCB personnel of Imota Division and photographs taken.

“Though the family of the deceased is not interested in depositing the body in the mortuary, rather, they preferred to bury the corpse immediately, due to age and religious inclination.”

The Star

Segun Ojo

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