A young man who had obviously
become fed up with certain
vicissitudes of life, has decided to
call it quits in Imo State.
A 25-year-old man, Chigozie Igwe,
has been found hanging in his room
in Umuofor Umumumo Community,
Ehime Mbano council area of Imo
State, Punch Metro reports.
The incident happened early
Saturday morning.
Chigozie reportedly took his own life
by hanging himself in one of the
rooms in the family house.
The deceased, who was said to have
been jobless for several years after
secondary school, reportedly killed
himself as a result of frustration and
hardship.
When Punch Metro visited the
bereaved Igwe family, a few minutes
after Chigozie’s body was discovered,
scores of sympathisers swarmed the
expansive Igwe compound, wailing
and weeping profusely; while others
sighed and shook their heads in utter
consternation.
As at the time of filing this report
which was exclusively obtained by
our correspondent, Chigozie’s body
was still dangling on the rope.
Family members refused to speak
with the press, even as youths of the
community later locked up the room
where Chigozie had hung.
However, a member of the family,
who craved anonymity, disclosed that
the deceased was the first son of his
parents and that he left a suicide
note, which partly read, “Die, die, die
let nobody weep for me because I am
tired of this wicked world.”
Chigozie’s widowed mother who is
also a peasant farmer, Mrs. Anthonia
Igwe, was summoned from her farm
to come see the corpse of her son
dangling from a rope.
The thoroughly confused Anthonia
wailed profusely and uncontrollably
and refused to be consoled, as she
rolled on the ground.
She angrily queried Chigozie, “Is this
the way you chose to leave this
world? Remember that you have
committed an abomination and you
will go to the hottest part of hell.”
The Divisional Police Officer in
charge of the local government area
could not be reached for comments;
but his men were said to have visited
the scene shortly after the incident
was reported to them.
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