A young man is alleged to have hung himself on a tree in his father’s farm at Gwanara in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.

According to the uncle of the 22-year-old victim, Idris Shuaib who hails from Ankara Wooro compound, Gwanara, took his life because he was impotent.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the State’s arm of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Babawale Afolabi, the young man was a graduate of Maiden College of Education, Ilorin.

Afolabi stated that Shuaib “reportedly hanged himself over his inability to copulate with women.”

Excerpt of NSCDC report:

“The lifeless body of a 22 years old NCE graduate, Idris Shuaib, was discovered dangling on a cashew tree. He reportedly hanged himself over his inability to copulate or sleep with women. According to the uncle of the deceased, Idris left home early on Thursday telling his father that he wanted to go to the farm as his usual routine not knowing that he had another motive this time round.

“The deceased hanged himself inside his father’s farm located at Gwanara- Munduro road with the aid of rope and one jerry can. On Thursday, October 28, 2021, the NSCDC office in Gwanara, Baruten Local Government Area got a report about one Idris Shuaib, 22 who allegedly committed suicide in the farm citing his inability to copulate with women.”

The NSCDC PRO also confirmed that the remains of the victim was brought down from the tree and taken to a hospital mortuary while investigations continue.

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Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death.