Tricycle operator commits suicide in lover’s home

A tricycle operator, weekend,
allegedly committed suicide by hanging
himself in the residence of his lover at
Okpokiti Street, Warri South Local Government
Area, Delta State. Vanguard understood that the deceased
committed suicide because his lover left him in
her house to sleep somewhere else. When Vanguard correspondent arrived the
scene, neighbours were seen discussing the
incident, while homicide detectives from the
‘A’ Police Division, Warri, came to remove the
dangling remains to the morgue of the
CentralHospital, Warri. The policemen, who declined comments later
took the girlfriend away for questioning. A tenant, who pleaded anonymity, told
Vanguard, “it all started last night (Saturday),
when we heard the deceased and his girlfriend
arguing. “I was sleeping in my room when I heard them
arguing. It is like the young man wanted to
spend the night with the girl, but the girl
refused. “The argument got to a point and the girl told
the boy that if he was going to spend the night
in her house, she will not sleep in the same
house with him. “The boy told the girl that if she leaves, he
would kill himself. The girl, thinking that the
boy was joking, told him to go ahead and kill
himself, left the boy in the room and went to
go and sleep in another place.” It was gathered that when the girl returned in
the morning (yesterday), she discovered that
the door was locked. She alerted her
neighbours, who helped her to force the door
open, only to see the lifeless body of her
boyfriend dangling from a rope. The community people took the girl to the
police station. A senior police officer at the ‘A’
Police Division stopped Vanguard from
speaking with the girl, saying she was
undergoing interrogation.