Man Commits suicide After Wife Bears Triplet, And Unpaid Salary

It has been confirmed in Logical state, that a  director in civil service, Edward Soje, has committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree, in the capital, Lokoja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Saturday in Lokoja that Soje’s lifeless body was found hanging on a tree behind the mammy market at the Maigumeri barracks.

It was said that the 54-year-old civil servant took his life barely 10 days after his wife of 17 years gave birth to a set of male triplets in a private hospital in Abuja – with the couple reported to have been childless before then.

The Grade Level 16 Officer in the Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, who hails from Ogori town in Ogori -Magongo Local Government area of the state, was being owed 11 months’ salary arrears as at the time he took his life.

He had before killing himself travelled to Abuja and left a suicide note for the wife who also works in one of the federal ministries.

Confirming the incident, the state police command Public Relations Officer, William Aya, said the dangling body of Mr. Soje was found on a tree behind the barracks at about 5:55 p.m on Oct. 1

Family sources said that Mr. Soje had before the incident been going through a lot of financial difficulties due to non-payment of his salary for 11 months by the Kogi State Government.

He was among thousands of civil servants being owed between two and 21 months’ salary arrears by the state government.