A 37 year old man, Seyi Onayemi, has committed suicide in Ikorodu estate in
Lagos state. The man is reported to have killed himelf on Friday August 30th.
A statement by the spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Bala
Elkana, says on August 30th, men of the Shagamu Road Police Station, Ikorodu
received a distress call that the deceased allegedly drank a poisonous
substance suspected to be Snipper insecticide and died in his room at 7th
Avenue, Rofo Estate, Odogunyan, Shagamu road, Ikorodu.
Bala says the scene was visited by homicide detectives and the corpse was
evacuated to mortuary for autopsy.
The empty bottle of the poisonous
substance and a suicide note were recovered from the scene.
