59 YEAR OLD EKITI CIVIL SERVANT COMMITS SUICIDE
The scene of the sad incident is located within the precinct of the Ministry of Education Building, and as at the time of filing this report on Wednesday, the day of the incident the reasons behind the incident were yet to be ascertained by the police.
Penpushing however, gathered from the deceased sister-in-law, Elizabeth Babalola, that he(Olaoye) visited her house shortly before the incident, complaining about his financial condition.
It was gathered that the deceased, who hails from Igogo Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of the state, was engaged in commercial motorcycle work and farming to augment his meagre salary.
“He came to me around 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday and started lamenting that his house rent was due and that he could not pay due to irregular salary payment. He said he was also indebted to the government through housing and car loans he obtained’,Babalola said.
“He also complained about his inability to meet other financial commitments to his wife’s family. He told me he could go ahead and do something nasty. He told me clearly that he was tired of life. I tried to persuade him not to resort to anything nasty. I told him life is full of ups and downs and that he should just endure, but I never knew he would end this way.”
When contacted, the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, Executive Secretary, Ayo Ajimati, confirmed that the late Olaoye was a member of staff of the board,adding that,“yes, he was our staff. He was a very prayerful, jovial and amiable person. I don’t understand what led to this. I don’t know the kind of problem he had that could lead to this,”.
Penpushing also reports that,Ekiti State Police Command Public Relations Officer, , Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the incident explaining that the corpse had been deposited at the morgue of the State Hospital, adding that investigations had started to unravel the actual cause of death.
Hear him,“yes, we received a distress call from citizens, and the police were immediately deployed to the scene where a 59-year old male, who was a guard at the state scholarship board was found hanging,”
