45-yr-old man commits suicide in Imo after expressing frustration over COVID-19 lockdown

A 45-year-old man, Osita Ezuruike, reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday in his house at Umudafa, Awo Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.

Ezuruike reportedly took his own life by hanging after expressing frustration with life over the lockdown and the dusk-to-dawn curfew declared by the state government.

The state police command however said it was yet to ascertain why the deceased committed suicide as of the time.

Sources in the community said the deceased’s neighbours alerted the police after discovering that he had hung himself.

Confirming the development, the spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu, said Ezuruike’s corpse had been taken to a morgue.

According to Ikeokwu, an investigation into the incident had commenced.

“On April 27, acting on a report, operatives of the Divisional Police headquarters in Mbieri moved to Umudafa, Awo Mbieri, Mbaitoli LGA, in a house belonging to one Osita Ezuruike, 45, and met the lifeless body of the said Osita hanging.

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“The reason for taking his own life could not be ascertained.

“However, the corpse has been removed to the morgue, while an investigation into the incident has commenced”, the police spokesman said.

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