A man identified as Fatai Hamzat has been found dead in his apartment on Oremeji Street, Ijeun Tuntun, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The Ogun State Police Command informed PUNCH Online on Saturday that Hamzat’s body was discovered around 7am on Friday.
“I had just returned from church when I noticed Azeez’s motorcycle parked in the compound. I went to check on him, but his door was locked from the inside,” one neighbour reportedly told the police, as revealed in a wireless message obtained by PUNCH Online on Saturday.
After repeated knocking with no response from Hamzat, our correspondent learnt that neighbours, including one Ogunsola, forced open a window.
Inside the apartment, they allegedly found Hamzat’s body hanging from a rope tied to the ceiling fan.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed that the body was taken to a nearby hospital morgue for an autopsy.
“The deceased was found hanging in his apartment after several attempts to reach him failed. An investigation into the incident is ongoing,” Odutola said on Saturday.
A man named Dada Adesonye died in a similar circumstance after hanging himself from a tree in the Afami area of Imasayi, Yewa North Local Government Area, on October 18, 2024.
The police said the victim’s body was found by a worker in the area in the early hours of October 18, 2024.
Similarly, on August 29, 2024, 32-year-old Olúwaṣeun Shorinola was found dead by his wife in their apartment in the Kémta area of Abeokuta.
His body was reportedly hanging from a wall.
PUNCH Online reports that these incidents have raised concerns about the rising number of suicides in the state.
