A publisher identified as Solomon, allegedly committed suicide on Friday, in Asaba, Delta state.

Apparently the publisher took his life in anguish following the advent of poor sales in his newspaper business.

He was found dangling from a tree branch behind his house.

He left a suicide note which says, “I cannot stay alive suffering when nobody is helping me. Even my wife and children abandoned me and sales in my newspaper business have been very poor.”

His wife, Rosemary, however, denied the allegation.

In her reaction, she described the claim as untrue, insisting that her husband took his life when it became obvious he was lazy and was criticised by his friends and relations.

The late publisher’s son, Frank said, “I knew my mum and my sister contributed to what my father did, and that was what I told the police. And anytime my father tried to complain, my mum and sister would shut him up after they had allegedly lavished the N300,000 he took from a cooperative society as loan.”