Suicide is the act of intentionally taking one’s life. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 1 million people die each year from suicide. It is difficult to anticipate suicide in most instances and this makes it a terribly dangerous menace in any society. What drives so many individuals to take their own lives remains a serious puzzle though depression is at the center of the probable cause, according to scholars and counselors. The fact is that a suicidal person is in so much pain that he or she can see no other option. Suicide is a desperate attempt to escape suffering that has become unbearable. A suicidal person is often blinded by feelings of self-loathing, helplessness, hopelessness, and isolation. The person hardly sees any way of finding relief except through death.
Suicide Incidents in February 2020

Here’s a list of suicide incidents that occurred in February 2020, as reported in the media.
CASE ONE
Story Title: LASTMA official commits suicide in Lagos
Victim’s Name: Tope Akinde
Marital Status: Not given
Date: February 1
Gender: Male
Age: Not given
Method: Hanging
Reason: Mental challenge
Type: Suicide
Occupation: Latsma Official (civil servant)
State Where incident Happened: Lagos
Victim’s State of Origin: Not given
Story Summary:

An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Tope Akinde, committed suicide in the Opebi area of Lagos. Emotions ran high when the remains of the traffic official were seen dangling on the pole of a billboard around Salvation bus stop in the area. At about 10:00 a.m., passersby milled around the corpse that was dangling on the pole around a mango tree and discussing in hushed tones the circumstances surrounding the young man’s tragic death. The spokesman of the Lagos State police command Bala Elkana, said a female LASTMA official informed the command of the incident, adding that Akinde’s elder brother claimed that he had been suffering from mental instability for a while.

He said the corpse had been evacuated and deposited in a mortuary.
Source: Ripples Nigeria

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/lastma-official-commits-suicide-in-lagos/


CASE TWO

Story Title: 12-year-old boy commits suicide

Victim’s Name: Tope Akinde

Marital Status: Single

Date: February 5

Gender: Male

Age: 12

Method: Hanging

Reason: Frustration/Depression

Type: Suicide

Occupation: Primary School Pupil (student)

State Where incident Happened: Imo State

Victim’s State of Origin: Imo state

Story Summary:

A 12-year-old orphan committed suicide in Agboala Ishiala Umudi autonomous community of Nkwerre council area, Imo State, following the death of his parents. The boy, identified as Kasarachi Odurukwe, was a primary six pupil of Practicing School, Umudi. It was that the boy committed suicide by hanging himself on a rope tied to an Indian bamboo tree.

According to a villager who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the boy and his two younger siblings had lost their parents and had been living with their mother’s sister in the village. It was gathered that the deceased had been complaining about how boring the world had been to him since the death of his parents.

It was gathered that on a fateful day, Kasarachi had led his two siblings and two other children to a nearby stream to fetch water. On arrival at the stream, Kasarachi was said to have assisted the other children to fill their jerrycans while he used a long stick to check the depth of the stream.

The sources said: “Having not been satisfied with the shallow depth of the water, the deceased took a rope and tied it up to a bamboo tree. His first two attempts at killing himself failed while the other children were begging him to stop.

“It was at the third attempt that on a stronger Indian bamboo tree, the rope strangled him to death. That action jolted the other kids, who ran back to the village to report the incident to the family and village elders.”

Source: The Guardian

https://guardian.ng/news/12-year-old-orphan-commits-suicide-in-imo/


CASE THREE

Story Title: Man jumps from Third Mainland Bridge into Lagoon
Victim’s Name: Daibo Toju Davies

Marital Status: Single

Date: February 15

Gender: Male

Age: 22

Method: Jumped into Lagoon

Reason: Not given

Type: Suicide

Occupation: University Graduate (Not yet employed)

State Where incident Happened: Lagos State

Victim’s State of Origin: Not given

Story Summary:

A 22 years old man Daibo Toju Davies jumped into the lagoon on the Third Mainland bridge inward Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos State at about 9.30am.

The victim a resident of 17 Sosanya Street, Gbagada Soluyi, Lagos, was said to have engaged the services of Uber Taxi a Toyota Corolla with number plate KSF 426 GB from Mercy Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos only to stop the driver on the pretence that he was suffering from stomach upset after which he jumped off the 3rd Mainland Bridge into the lagoon.

Sources: Vanguard, Channels TV
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/unidentified-man-jumps-from-third-mainland-bridge/

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/02/19/please-bring-back-my-son-mother-of-man-who-jumped-into-lagoon-begs/
CASE FOUR

Story Title: Mother, child die after drinking sniper in Delta
Victim’s Name: Pigha Koboye (and her child)

Marital Status: Single

Date: February 18

Gender: Female (child’s gender not given)

Age: (in her 20s; exact age not given)

Method: Sniper

Reason: Failed relationship

Type: Murder-Suicide

Occupation: Not given
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Suicide should never be an option but in a country like Nigeria, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.

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Most are yorubas, cowards they can't face life challenge's...

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