– A 60-year-old man in Delta state, Okporo Arigo, has hung himself on a tree, leaving a note stating reasons for his action

– Arigo, whose younger brother is a serving councillor at the Ughelli north legislative arm, was discovered in the bush with the suicide note nearby his dangling lifeless body



A 60-year-old man in Ughelli north local government area of Delta state has committed suicide, citing his inability to feed and provide for his immediate family as reasons for his action.

The victim, Okporo Arigo, was said to have hung himself on a tree and left a note stating why he took the drastic measure, The Nation reports.

Arigo, whose younger brother is a serving councillor at the Ughelli north legislative arm, was discovered in the bush with the suicide note nearby his dangling lifeless body.

A member of the Uwheru community executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity on the issue said the suicide left by victim claimed his inability to feed and provide for his immediate family made him end his life.

“He claimed to have embarked on the act to put a stop on his inability to take care of his immediate family after his younger brother, who is a serving councillor, abandoned him to his fate,” the source said.

The source claimed that the late Arigo’s younger brother had not been paid in the last 10 months by the state government.

The source added: “I don’t think the man would have died if the state government had been paying the councillors their salaries. I believe the payment was part of what that led to the death of the councillor’s brother.”

Since Nigeria slid into economic recession, the cases of suicide has been skyrocketing due to the spate of hardship in the country.

In September, Vanguard reported that a 50-year-old man, identified as Chief Ekanem Edet, in in Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom state hung himself, leaving a suicide note in which he blamed his action on harsh economic condition.

According to a recent report by the Nigerian Police Force, about 62 Nigerians have committed suicide due to the depression associated with economic depression since the official announcement was made in August. The motivation behind the suicide saga is still been investigated by the authorities.

Source: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/recession-60-year-old-man-commits-suicide-over-hunger-in-delta-state/

Too bad. His blood is on buhari's hands. Ngene, beremx and other apc zombies, god will judge you for putting nigerians through this mess.

Sad

But where is lalasticlala sef

Buhari sef

Are you saying Okowa is not paying salaries?

All these news about a man dropping note an committing suicide, when are you people going to stop all these fake news, they're always dropping note, thank God this one is not blaming Buhari. There was one that they said the guy was shouting Buhari! Buhari!! Buhari!!!

Na wa o, when did Nigerians start all these? People will rather struggle till something kill them than to go commit suicide, and men will rather run away from home than kill themselves because they can't feed family. We know the economy is though and ppl are not smiling, but stop all these fake news abeg. Meanwhile you won't get this kind of news from a credible news site, it's always a strange blog somewhere.

Wetin be dis guy name for nairaland,
Ok hunger bad

Na Buhari cos am? Just asking o... Because hunger has exponentially multiplied

Hahahahahaha

Hell fire will reject him
Many Nigerians are in hell fire
Filled to the brim and gasping for breath
Hell fire has become the new shelter
Where the hopeless bury their heads

From hot to warm
The water feels cold
From Naija to hell
The fire feels warm

I weep for your soul
O naija soul
I bet the big gangs in hell will reject you
You're lost

APC, by the time una finish this tenure maybe nigeria population go don reduce to 100k..

We yorubas are sorry for voting in buhari

Biafrans why are you all killing yourselves? Na only una de suffer? The other day, one went and lay on the road waiting for a vehicle to come and crush him haba mana

otokx:
Are you saying Okowa is not paying salaries?

who is Oko-nla?

Brave man

I can only say hmmmmmm

otokx:
Are you saying Okowa is not paying salaries?

who is Oko-nla?is he one of the mods on nairaland?

e no easy!

God abeg!
I reject dis kind frustration


I'm sure he'll be shocked to find out that the grass is not greener on the other side

patriotic9jaboy:
We yorubas are sorry for voting in buhari

you don't mean it... You too? Converting to a wailer.... Woooow!

Why wud he commit suicide when the hunger wud hv done d job equally. Now there is no hope of resurrection for him.

The pic attached tho ... Rip man

Na wa ooo

A national honour awaits him...

3:38pm

This what all the Igbos and all the Buhari haters should do, commit suicide.

patriotic9jaboy:
We yorubas are sorry for voting in buhari

I love your courage bro. You're a real man. Wish I could get to meet you and hang out over a couple of beers.

We in the south need to unite against the north and until we realize this, we'll forever be stuck in this vicious cycle, with some empty headed northerners who feel they own Nigeria ruling over us.

GEJ is corrupt yet nobody hung him/herself during his administration due to hunger.

DAURA DUNCE is saint yet people commit suicide due to hunger.

Suicide is not an option, only foolish man does that.

Meanwhile, IT SHALL NOT BE WELL WITH ALL APC PAID AGENT BOTH ON & OFFLINE