pathetic true life event
For the family and friends of a young man identified as
Chijioke who lived of 98, Abel Jumbo Street, in Mile Two,
Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, June 24, will forever be remembered as a Black Sunday.
While the young man's family members are
wallowing in mourning, neighbours and acquaintance
too are still reeling from shock over his sudden death.
The question everyone is asking is: Why would a young,
able-bodied graduate choose to take his own life on account of a woman?
The person in question, Chijioke, age 23, a native of
Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, and
the son of a female Chief Matron with the Rivers State
Health Management Board, allegedly committed suicide
at his residence two hours after he was granted bail by the Diobu Police Station after he was arrested and
detained for harassing his girl friend.According to
witnesses, on Saturday, June 23, the late young man
and his girlfriend had a misunderstanding which
prompted the young lady to have him arrested by the
police on allegations of constant harassments and threat to her life. According to reports, the lady in
question (name withheld) decided to arrest the
deceased when he insisted that their relationship
(which she was no longer interested in) must continue.
Before the deceased was released from police cell, he
was made to sign an undertaking that he would neither hurt the lady again nor go close to her. Thereafter, he
left the police station in fury.
Relatives of the deceased who were at the scene of
the crime refused to offer any comment, but few
neighbors who spoke on the condition of anonymity
confirmed that the late lover was discovered dead when a friend came to visit him. According to them, the
visitor alarm drew the attention of neighbours and
passers-by to the shocking sight inside his room.
Regarding the reason behind the late Chijioke's fatal
action, an insider affirmed that the general consensus
was that his rash action that culminated in his premature death was due to his girlfriend's refusal to
continue with the relationship, a decision believed to
have been informed by his constant beating and
manhandling of the girl. Another source claimed that
the deceased,a former student of Marine Engineering
Department of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, had been dating the girl since when he was
in the university.
Meanwhile, elders from Isiokpo, the deceased's
home town, had been deliberating on the matter.
Relatives are in dilemma as there are rumours that the
remains of the deceased may be thrown into evil forest in accordance with the Ikwerre custom as it relates to
suicides. In the mean time, the case had been reported
to the Azikiwe Police Station for further
investigations...hmmm!
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