There was palpable tension in Ekiti State Secretariat on Wednesday as one civil servant committed suicide by hanging.
The civil servant identified as Abolarin Olaoye was a night guard and father of five children.
The body of the night guard who works with the State Scholarship Board was found hanging at the staircase behind the office, the Nation reports.
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He was said to have reported for duty Tuesday evening for an overnight duty.
Confirming the sad incident, Mr. Ayo Ajimati, the Executive Secretary of the Ekiti State Scholarship Board said that the deceased was a staff of the board before his demise.
“Yes, he was our staff. He was a very prayerful, jovial and amiable person, I didn’t understand what led to this. I didn’t know the kind of problem he had that could lead to this,” he said.
According to reports, his sister-in-law, Mrs Elizabeth Babalola, said the deceased had complained of financial difficulties.
She said,
“He came to me around 4.30pm on Tuesday and started lamenting that his house rent had due and that he could not pay due to irregular salary payment.
“He said he was also indebted to the government through housing and car loans he obtained.
“He also complained about inability to meet other financial commitments to his wife ’s family. He told me he could go ahead and do some nasty. He told me clearly that he was tired of life.
“I tried to persuade him not to resort to anything nasty. I told him life is full of ups and downs and that he should just endure, but I never knew he would end this way.”
The sad incident triggered panic at the Secretariat as fellow civil servants came out from their offices to see the corpse.
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