A father of four who is 39-year-old has committed suicide by drinking poisonous substance at Edepie, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The deceased was identified as Femi Otura, was said to be a truck driver, from Kogi State and married to an indigene of Bayelsa State.
His wife, Mrs. Ovieizibe Femi, who is nursing their fourth child was reportedly away with the other children when her husband took his own life.
The neighbours said the deceased was always drunk and came back midnight after drinking himself to stupor.
He was said to have started screaming compelling his neighbours to forcefully open his door only to find his lifeless body with a bottle of poisonous substance beside it.
The landlord of the apartment Mr. Philips Akpuzere, confirmed the development saying he led other tenants to open the deceased door.
He said: “The deceased is a truck driver but recently lost his job and on this fateful day, according to the other tenants he looked very unusual and was wearing a moody countenance all day.
“He came back around 1:am on Tuesday morning and immediately he entered his apartment we started hearing screamings from his apartment. We were suprised because he was the only one at home as his wife who just put to bed had gone to her mother’s place with the other children.
“When the screamings persisted I raised the alarm and other tenants came out to join me to forcefully open the door to the apartment where we met him already dead.
“We saw an empty bottle with some liquid besides him. We immediately call a doctor who lives in the neighborhood who came and confirmed him dead. We contacted the police who took the corpse to the morgue.”
