A 15-year-old secondary school student identified as Pascal Egbosimba, from Ntueke in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, reportedly took his life over the weekend.
The deceased, a senior secondary 2 student of Passion Model Secondary School, Egbu Uratta, committed suicide in his Egbu Layout residence in Uratta, Owerri North Local Government Area of the state.
It was learnt that Pascal used an extension cable to hang himself to a ceiling fan at midnight when his mother went for vigil.
Sources told National Mirror that the deceased hung himself in the presence of his younger sister and brother, who are about five and three years old, respectively.
When our correspondent visited the scene, sympathisers were consoling the deceased’s mother, while his corpse was still dangling from the ceiling as at 6:30pm on Friday.
Mother of the deceased wept uncontrollably, saying she did not scold the boy and that there was no reason for him to take his own life.
Sources close to the family said the incident was too mysterious to comprehend as the boy was the quiet type who had no quarrel with anyone.
One of his classmates at Passion Model Secondary School, who is also a close friend, disclosed in confidence that the deceased had told him the previous day that he was “smelling death; but I took it as a joke. I didn’t know he meant it.”
Another witness said the boy might have contacted a very deadly disease which he probably would not want anybody to be aware of and therefore decided to end his life.
A close family said the deceased’s mother had a fortnight ago dreamt that one of her children would die and as result, she had been attending various churches in an attempt to stop any evil from befalling her family.
When contacted, the officers on duty at the Uratta Police Divisional Headquarters confirmed the incident and said the DPO had just visited the compound for more details.
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