A 35-year-old woman, Omolola Atejioye,
on Tuesday, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the house
in Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The deceased was found dead around
5.30pm when her husband, Ayodele Atejioye, returned from work to their
apartment along the Ago Iwoye Road.
Omolola’s husband reported the incident to the policemen in the Ilisan division.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of
Police, said the deceased’s corpse had been deposited in Babcock
University’s mortuary, adding that a post mortem would be carried out on
her remains.
He said, “A member of staff of the
Babcock University reported to our men in Ilisan-Remo that he returned
from work around 5.30pm and met the body of his wife dangling from the
ceiling of their apartment, after the door was forced open.
“The policemen later brought the body
down and deposited it in the mortuary of the Babcock University in the
same town. The deceased did not leave any suicide note.
“A post-mortem would be carried out on the corpse to determine the cause of her death.”
The deceased left behind a three-year-old boy and she had a shop in Ilisan, where she sold animal feeds.
However, some of her neighbours, who spoke with PUNCH Metro, expressed surprise at the incident.
One of them, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said, “The woman was an easy-going person. We were surprised
when we heard that she hanged herself.”
Another neighbour said the victim had been facing health challenge which was giving her concern.
Some others said she had allegedly incurred some debts, which she was struggling to pay back.
When contacted, Omolola’s husband, however, said she had some challenges, which he did not disclose.
He said, “My wife did not incur any
debt. We were both working together before she was laid off during the
last downsizing by the management.
“We opened a shop in town where she sold
animal feeds, and the business thrived. But when she got pregnant, she
took ill. Even after she gave birth, the sickness assumed a frightening
dimension.
“So, I took her to Babcock University
Teaching Hospital, but her condition did not improve. I informed her
mother about it, and she later took her to Iloro-Ekiti.
“She was under medical attention at
Iloro-Ekiti for about six months, and her condition improved greatly. I
had to go and bring her back to Ilisan. But before she returned, the
salesgirl I got for her to handle the shop in her absence made away with
over N200,000 from the sales of the feeds.
“I had got an additional N300,0000 loan
from the cooperative to boost the business again, and I was even
planning to plough more money into it.
“Even on the day of the incident, she
went to the bank in the morning to deposit some money from the previous
day’s sales. So, I don’t really know the reason for this action she
took.”.
