Man Commits Suicide In Bayelsa

The youth President of Polaku Community, Yenagoa Local Government Area, identified as Rapheal Ebezpeke, was found hanging inside bush.

A source who pleaded Anonymous disclosed that, the father of two, had a mental issues before his death. The man allegedly killed himself due to unseen forces threatening to take his life.

Raphael usually talk to people around him about unseen forces attacking his life and trying to kill him. He ran into this same bush he hanged himself last month but later he came back to their house.

The deceased sisters, said, we noticed he ran out of the house screaming, “they want to kill me, they want to kill me” by the time we could trace him to the bush, we saw him hanging on the tree”, and we alerted the community.

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According to a youth leader in Gbarain community, who also confirmed the death, said, i know he has some mental issues, that’s why i normally use counsel and introduced him to some healthy life style. Anytime, i sees him with those that smokes and takes hard drugs, i advised him to stop associating with such people, because he will not learn anything good from them, than been addicted to hard drugs which will cause more harm to his health.

“I know, he was always saying there are people after his life, and they want him dead and all that. When asked who are they, he will say evil spirits. So sad to lose such a promising young man at this age of forty(40)”, he stated.

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All attempts to reach the State’s Police Command Spokesperson, ASP Musa Muhammed, prove abortive, as he never responded to text messages or return missed calls.

By Owunna Goodness, Bayelsa