Disturbing Images: Civil servant commits suicide inside Ekiti secretariat .
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A 49-year-old civil servant identified as Abolarinwa Olaoye, this morning, hanged himself within the Ekiti state Secretariat in Ado Ekiti.
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The body of the father of five, who was a night guard at the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, was found hanged with a clothing material to the railing of a building at the Ministry of Education.
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Olaoye, according to his coworkers, came to her around 4.30pm on Tuesday and lamented the acute financial problems he had been encountering of recent.
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On her part, his sister-in-law, Mrs Elizabeth Babalola, said: “He came to me around 4.30pm on Tuesday and started lamenting that his house rent was due and that he could not pay due to irregular salary payment.
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He said he was also indebted to the government through housing and
car loans he obtained. He also complained about his inability to meet other financial commitments to his wife’s family. .
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He told me he could go ahead and do something 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.”
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Babalola added that the deceased engaged in commercial motorcycle operation and farming to augment his salary… [ Swipe to view disturbing images]
Civil servant commits suicide inside Ekiti secretariat by hanging himself
