Bizarre: 12-year old commits suicide in Delta

A bizarre incident occurred Saturday September 17 at the Ugbuwangue area in Warri, Delta State, when a 12-year old Junior Secondary School 1 Student, who lived with his paternal Uncle purportedly committed suicide, Fresh Angle International can exclusively report.

The boy, simply identified as Godwin was allegedly found dead by the housemaid inside his room with the rope he used to hang his neck by a window protector.

The family housemaid only discovered the unfortunate incident when one of their neighbours told her on return from an errand that Godwin unusually refused to answer his calls to help him with the washing of his car. It was an attempt to look for Godwin; with the intent of conveying the neighbour’s message that the domestic aide saw the lifeless body of Godwin, with his tongue outside and his legs swinging.

She allegedly screamed in shock and their neighbours who came around, called Godwin’s Uncle, Mr. Okotie-Eboh and his wife. Mr. Okotie-Eboh, apparently in shock and confusion on whether to report the incident to the Police, immediately called his wife’s younger sister’s husband to come and drive him to the Police Station, but sympathizers around had to reach elders of Ugbuwangue Community, considering the taboo done as far as the Itsekiri custom and tradition is concerned.

The Community elders reportedly brought masquerades to cut the rope off the 12-year old boy’s neck. While they were making arrangements to bury him in accordance with Itsekiri custom, the Police came to the scene and ordered that the corpse be taken to the mortuary, even as they detained the couple that the boy lived with for hours before they were released after preliminary investigation.

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