Man commits suicide in Surulere

 According to eye witnesses at Olaitan street in Masha, Surulere , they woke up early Saturday morning and saw a man known in the area as Afeez climbing the PHCN high tension electric pole you see above. (Photo on the left). Afeez had told friends the previous day that he didn't want to live anymore. A large crowd gathered and repeatedly begged him to come down, which he eventually did.

After he got down, (Photo on the right - Afeez is the one in Lemon shirt), people started slapping him around and abusing him for wanting to commit suicide, instead of getting him help. His friends eventually carried him away and the crowd dispersed.

That same night, Afeez succeeded in killing himself. Continue reading...
The following morning, which was Sunday Sept 1, neighbours woke up to the sad news. Afeez had succeeded in killing himself. He drank poison in the night and died.

Afeez' body was being removed from his home...wrapped in white cloth. 

Instead of slapping and cursing his when he tried climbing the PHCN High tension wires, they would have tried to know what the issue was, what exactly this man was going through........

If he had gotten help in due time, who knows he would have still been alive today,

May his soul rest in peace.......