FRIENDS and family members of a 21-year-old
student of Maritime Academy Oron, Effiong Otu are
at a loss why he committed suicide by hanging
himself on a rope in his room on Thursday morning
after he was jilted by his girl friend. Ann, a family member told Vanguard that Effiong
was found hanging in his room at Diamond Hill, a
few minutes after he collected a rope from
neighbours who became suspicious soon after he
went inside his room with the rope wondering
what he wanted to use it for. According to the source, when his mother Grace
Otu, a nurse at the University of Calabar Teaching
Hospital left the house at about 3pm on that fateful
day, the young man borrowed a rope and killed
himself. According Ann: “The 10th of July was the 10th
anniversary of his father’s death in a car accident
and after the anniversary and everyone had left the
house including his mother, he went to a
neighbour and borrowed a rope which he took to
his room and hung himself.” Ann said: “The neighbours became suspicious of
what he was doing in his room with the rope and
decided to rush there but found the door to the
room locked and before they could force the door
open he had died.” She said before he hung himself, he called one of
his friends, Adu on phone requesting him to tell his
girl friend, Blessing who works with the UNICEM
that she should now be happy that he has killed
himself for her. “Before his friend could rush to the house, the door
had already been forced open by neighbours and
Effiong’s body was hanging from the ceiling of the
house”. Ann stated that Effiong was an only son of the
family and was given the late father’s name as a
source of succor for the family but “he has again
left us by this thoughtless action” Perhaps to give an inkling of his planned action ,
Effiong had posted his face book page on the 6th
of July the following message “It’s not about being
engaged, married or in a relationship. It’s about
being happy, safe, secured, relieved and feeling
good. It’s about peaceful state of mind, it’s about sleeping at night without the fear of losing what
you’ve got. It’s being yourself and not someone else, it’s about
feeling loved, happy, respected, understood, cared
for and appreciated.! Goodnight my beautiful
people!! Efforts to speak with Hogan Bassey, the Cross River
State Police Public Relations Officer did not yield any
success as his phone was switched off. Effiong’s
body has been removed and deposited at the
mortuary of the General Hosptal, Calabar.

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Smh..indeed a thoughtless action
RIP

Fine boy without sense.....