Man Hangs Self In In-law's House In Enugu Community
A man has hanged himself in his father in-laws house in Enugu State to protest alleged desertion by his second wife.
A man has hanged himself in his father in-laws house in Enugu State to protest alleged desertion by his second wife.
The man who was popularly known as Abdul NEPA was married with two wives and both have seven children for him.
Abdul was alleged to have worked with the
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, one of the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria, responsible for distributing electricity to customers in Enugu, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, and Imo States, before he was fired over alleged fraudulent activities.
The second wife, who had two children for the man had packed her belongings and ran to her father's rented apartment at Ogrute, Enugu Ezike, following her husband's alleged irresponsible behaviour about two weeks earlier.
However, on the fateful Sunday evening, Abdul, who was reportedly born at Ibadan, by her mother and brought back to Umopu Enugu- Ezike, had arrived her father in-law's house and demanded to discuss with his wife, but the woman ignored him.
Earlier, there was drama between Abdul and the commercial motorcyclist who took him to the father in-law as he had refused to pay him the agreed fare of N1,200. The deceased had given the motorcyclist N200 only and warned him to leave the vicinity as he (Okada man) would not like what would happen to him, if he insisted on collecting the remaining N1,000.
However, after failing to talk with his wife, Adul was alleged to have told his father in-law that his "head was full and heavy."
"My head is full. My head is carrying a lot of load. Your daughter refused to have any discussion with me. My head is full," he reportedly told his father in-law severally," before informing his in-law that he was leaving the house at about 9pm.
It was said that when his wife, however, came out of the house to ease herself, about one hour later- 10pm, Abdul came out from where he hid near the building and pursued her. She narrowly escaped being harmed.
"Abdul, then went back to where he was hiding. He had a packet of cigarettes which he smoked endlessly until they were exhausted.
"He then used the lighter he used in lighting the cigarettes to cut a rope used for drying clothes outside the house, which he then used in hanging himself on a rafter in the house which was exposed following a fallen ceiling board along the veranda of the house," residents told Southeast Post.
Meanwhile, Abdul's body which was alleged to have decomposed rapidly has been buried after some rituals and visit to the scene by the police.
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