Two persons have commited suicide in Ogun State, BEYOND AFRICA gathered.
The duo, Opeyemi Lateef, died after he consumed poison, while a 24-year-old lady, Gift Bello, jumped into a well in separate incidents suspected to be suicide at different locations in the state.
The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the incidents on Monday.
BEYOND AFRICA learnt that Lateef allegedly consumed the harmful substance suspected to be ‘Sniper’, on Wednesday in the Abeokuta Area of the State.
The deceased’s wife, Gift Monday, told the police that she found her husband in severe pain, rolling on the floor while he was pointing to a bottle on the floor.
BEYOND AFRICA gathered from a police source, who was privy to the incident but spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to do so, that Lateef was said to have been taken to Royal Grace Hospital at Soyoye Rounder, Abeokuta, for medical care.
Lateef was said to have been later transferred to the General Hospital in Ijaye, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after it was discovered that there was no improvement in his health.
He was said to have given up the ghost at the aforementioned hospital and laid to rest at his family house in Abule Otun Lafenwa, Abeokuta, according to Islamic burial rites.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, said a discreet investigation and interrogation were ongoing, and that the deceased’s wife was in their custody in connection with the case.
She said, “On 24/4/2024, at about 08.00 hrs, one Funmilayo Lateef, ‘F’, of Abule Otun reported at the station that she received a phone call from one Gift Monday, ‘F’, her brother’s wife, that her brother now deceased, Opeyemi Lateef ‘M’, drank Sniper.
“He was rushed to Royal Grace Hospital at Soyoye Rounder, Abeokuta, for medical treatment. On getting to the hospital, she found her brother admitted, and he was not responding to treatment; his condition was critical.
“Hence, the doctor referred him to the General Hospital Ijaye at Abeokuta. She stated further that it was at the General Hospital in Ijaye, Abeokuta, that he was confirmed dead. His corpse was brought home according to Islamic rites to Abule Otun at Lafenwa, Abeokuta, their family house.”
Odutola noted that the investigation and interrogation had started, as three witnesses had made statements about the deceased, pointing to the Sniper bottle when asked what was wrong with him and when they saw him in pain.
