A 32-year-old man, Lanre Ogungbe, on Thursday, October 10, ended his own life in a hotel where he lodged on Soyoye Road, Abeokuta, Ogun State, by taking an insecticide popularly known as Sniper.
Thenewsbearer learnt that the deceased had come to the hotel where he told those in charge that he was there for a short rest.
However, the receptionist, after noticing that the deceased had yet to come out after the lapse of the time he was supposed to spend, went to check on him, only to discover his lifeless body on the bed.
Shocked by the discovery, the receptionist was said to have gone to the hotel manager to notify him of the incident.
On learning of it, Thenewsbearer further gathered that the manager raised an alarm and quickly put a call through to the owner of the hotel, while the scene was cordoned off, leaving the exhibits untouched.
This made the owner, Odeyemi Adeboye, to promptly go to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Lafenwa Division to lodge a report of suicide.
The command’s image maker, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident, said that detectives swiftly went to the scene where they found Ogungbe’s body on the bed, alongside an empty bottle of alcoholic drink and another bottle of insecticide known as Sniper, which were suspected to have been consumed by him.
Saying that no sign of violence was found on the deceased, the PPRO stated his remains were evacuated to General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, for medical examination.
After he was certified dead by doctors, SP Odutola said that the deceased’s body was deposited in the morgue for autopsy.
She added that a thorough investigation is ongoing.
