54-year-old man commits su*cide in Lagos
A 54-year-old man identified simply as Olatunji has committed su*c*de in the Agege area of Lagos State.
It was reported that the incident took place around 8 pm on Sunday, September 15, 2024.
State Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Monday, stated that the deceased’s elder sister reported the incident at the Elere police station located in the community, where she informed them that the deceased took his own life in a store in their home.
“A complainant reported at the Elere Division stating that at about 8 pm of the same date, her younger brother, one Olatunji, a male, aged 54 years, committed suicide by hanging himself to d£ath in the store of their house,” the PPRO said.
“Officers of the division immediately visited the scene and the deceased was lowered and taken to the Orile Agege General Hospital, where he was certified dead.”
Hundeyin said preliminary investigations revealed no signs of violence on the deceased’s body.
He further stated that the body had been transported to the Mainland Hospital Mortuary in Yaba for an autopsy.