The celebration of Eid-El-Fitri was marred with tragedy on Wednesday, at Concord area of Oke-Omiru, Ilesa, Osun State when a sixty-year old building materials dealer committed suicide by jumping into a well.
It was learnt that the victim popularly known as 'Sunre' decided to terminate his life over his inability to pay a N350,000 debt he owed somebody in Abuja. The dealer had made attempt to jump into his residence well on October 15, 2013 but was stopped by his family member against such act. But, on Wednesday, he went to the house of his neighbours where he eventually terminated his life while the celebration of Eid-El-Fitri was ongoing.
His remains was discovered at about 6:00am by a resident who had gone to draw water from the well and consequently raised the alarm, which drew other members of the neighbourhood to the scene of the incident.
Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Odoro said that a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer 'A' quickly moved to the scene wher the corpse was removed.
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