80-year-old man commits suicide in Lagos

An 80-year-old man, Isiyaka Ayinde, reportedly committed suicide at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota area of Lagos State around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

According to a police source, a tenant in the compound discovered the deceased hanging himself with a rope in the kitchen.

"He heard his children shouting for him to come and see Baba in the kitchen. When he rushed into the kitchen, he found the lifeless body of the tenant hanging on a rope tied to the burglary proof of one of the windows," the police source stated.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, mentioned that due to the deceased's age and religious beliefs, his family insisted on immediate burial.

“The scene has been visited by the DCB personnel of the division, and photographs were taken.

“The family of the deceased is not interested in depositing the body at the mortuary but rather prefer burying the corpse immediately as a result of the age and religious inclination of the deceased,” Hundeyin explained.