A man, Damilola Ibitokun, has reportedly hung himself at Ori-Oke farm in Ero town, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Sources said Ibitokun, popularly called Seven Feet, because of his height, was sighted by neighbours and passers-by on his way to the farm.
He was said to be shouting that he was going to commit suicide, holding a rope in one hand and a sharp knife in another.
It was learnt that efforts to dissuade him failed because he threatened everyone with the knife.
Sources said most people did not take him serious because he was a drunk.
His widow, Muibat, said she and the deceased had been sleeping in a church in the last few months because of an undisclosed family problem.
According to her, her husband left the church on Tuesday evening on the excuse that he was tired of sleeping in the church.
She said: “We’ve been sleeping in the church for some time now.
“But on Tuesday evening, he just decided that he was going home to sleep.
“In the middle of the night, he rushed back to the church, shouting and banging the door.
“He asked for the whereabouts of the man who was fighting me. But I told him nobody was fighting me.
“He went back home. But some minutes later, some of our neighbours called me that my husband was shouting and running around that he was going to commit suicide and that nobody should stop him.”
The deceased’s son, Ayomide, described his father’s death as shocking.
He said his father was restless throughout the night, until he took his life.
The remains of the deceased have been buried after some rituals were performed by the community.
A man, Damilola Ibitokun, has reportedly hung himself at Ori-Oke farm in Ero town, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. Sources said Ibitokun, popularly called Seven Feet, because of his height, was sighted by neighbours and passers-by on his way to the farm. He… Read more
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