Tragic: Madonna University graduate commits suicide stabbing himself several times

by Rachel Ogbu

The-house (Punch)
The-house (Punch)

Parents of a 25-year-old man are still in shock after they woke up to find him dead on the kitchen floor. He had stabbed himself repeatedly, news reports say.

Chidike Oyeka, a graduate of Madonna University, Anambra had just finished his National Youth Service Corps programme. A relative said he had shown signs of depression since he returned from service but was never diagnosed. A neighbour also said he had once disclosed that he was very unhappy because he was unemployed.

“He did his NYSC in Delta State and only returned in February. Upon returning, he started to act strangely and we noticed that he was no longer sociable. Most times he would sit at a corner by himself and when we asked him what was wrong, he would say he was not happy.”

“When the symptom became persistent, his parents took him to a hospital but nothing was discovered to be wrong with him, so we took him back home and continued to monitor him.”

“I do not know the time it happened exactly but everyone had gone to bed while he stayed in the parlour. Around midnight, he was found lying in a pool of blood and the knife soaked in blood.

“His intestines were on the floor as well. From what we deduced, he stabbed himself three times without screaming because no one heard any noise. At daybreak, we went to Aguda Police Station to report the matter,” the relative said.

The Punch reports:

Our correspondent, who visited the parents’ home (at Madariola Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos) on Sunday, saw residents coming in droves to console the family particularly the victim’s mother.

Another resident, while consoling the deceased’s parents, said the family should have taken him to see a psychologist instead of a general medical practitioner when he complained of depression.

Mrs. Oyeka however said the circumstance surrounding her son’s death was metaphysical. She said she had left the matter to God but was pained that all her struggles to bring up her son were in vain.

“He was my first born and we did all to make him happy but sadly he took his own life. We counseled him on numerous occasions but this did not prevent him from committing suicide.

“I do not think someone can stab himself to death except he is under spell. I leave everything to God because He knows best.”

Meanwhile, it was learnt that the deceased would be buried on Thursday.

When contacted on the telephone, the acting spokesperson for the state police command, Damascus Ozoani, said the matter could not yet be classified as suicide until autopsy was concluded.

“Although the family claimed he killed himself, the police will have to do their own independent investigation to ascertain what really happened. We will wait for the outcome of the autopsy and this will determine our next line of action,” he said

One comment

  1. I think this guy did not commit sucide, he was murdered. Coz there was no sucide note, and he never screamed while stabbed!! No, this should be a case of murder!!

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