A 22-year-old man identified as Idris Shuaib on Thursday hanged himself on a tree on his father’s farm at Gwanara in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.
According to Shuaib’s uncle, the victim who was from Ankara Wooro compound, Gwanara, allegedly took his life because he was impotent.
The Public Relations Officer of the stare Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Babawale Afolabi, who confirmed the incident, said that the deceased who was a graduate of Muideen College of Education, Ilorin “reportedly hanged himself over his inability to copulate with women.”
Afolabi said, “The lifeless body of a 22 years old NCE graduate, Idris Shuaib, was discovered dangling on a cashew tree. He reportedly hanged himself over his inability to copulate or sleep with women. According to the uncle of the deceased, Idris left home early on Thursday telling his father that he wanted to go to the farm as his usual routine not knowing that he had another motive this time around.
“The deceased hanged himself inside his father’s farm located at Gwanara- Munduro road with the aid of a rope and one jerry can. On Thursday, October 28, 2021, the NSCDC office in Gwanara, Baruten Local Government Area got a report about one Idris Shuaib, 22 who allegedly committed suicide in the farm citing his inability to copulate with women.’’
The NSCDC spokesman said that the remains of late Idris were brought down from the tree and taken to the hospital for autopsy by officers of the corps. He further said investigations were ongoing on the crime.
