UPDATED: Teenager commits suicide over alleged maltreatment in Ekiti
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Residents of Epe-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State
were shocked when they learnt that Opeyemi Oluwafemi, a 17-year-old boy
living in the neighbourhood had committed suicide.
Oluwafemi, who had been declared missing for over ten days was
reportedly found on Saturday around 4:30pm with his lifeless body
dangling on a tree opposite his father’s house.
Multiple Sources from the area who craved anonymity said that the
deceased was allegedly chastised by his angry father who serially
tortured him with dangerous object, a development that made him commit
suicide.
They said the deceased father was a drunk and often maltreated and tortured Oluwafemi and his mother every night.
A source disclosed that on the said day, the boy who was planning for
his external examination was beaten as usual and had to escape when he
could no longer bear the pain.
He said: “Subsequently, all efforts to locate him proved abortive and he did not return to the house as expected.
“However, the offensive odour and flies which took over the vicinity
caught the attention of members of the community who later discovered
the decomposing body of the young man dangling on the tree”.
The Ekiti State Police spokesman, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the
incident, saying the command has set its machinery on motion to unravel
the remote and immediate cause of the ugly development.
”I can confirm to you that at about 4:30 of 26/10/2019, the body of
17-year-old Opeyemi Oluwafemi was found hung on a tree in a nearby bush
at Epe Ekiti.
”However, I cannot confirm at present if the father has been arrested but investigation is ongoing,” Ikechukwu said.