The Lagos State Police Command has officially confirmed the unfortunate demise of an 80-year-old man who reportedly took his own life in the Imota area of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, verified the incident to NAN on Friday.
Hundeyin stated that the landlord of the deceased, identified as Mustapha, reported the death at the Imota Police Division around 12:26 am on Friday. Mustapha explained that at approximately 7:30 pm on Thursday, he heard the deceased’s children calling for him to come and witness their father in the kitchen at Watchtower Street, Araromi in Imota.
Upon rushing to the scene, Mustapha discovered the lifeless body of the tenant, Isiaka Ayinde, aged 80, hanging from a rope tied to the burglary railing of a kitchen window. Hundeyin added, “The scene has been visited by DCB personnel of Imota Division, and photographs taken. Though the family of the deceased is not interested in depositing the body in the mortuary, rather, they preferred to bury the corpse immediately, due to age and religious inclination.”
