A 13 year old
primary five pupil, Awal Osisi has committed suicide in Akure, the Ondo state
capital.
But the police in
the state is working at some puzzles surrounding the alleged death of the boy
just as his step mother is being
detained.
Sources
gathered that the boy committed suicide in his parents’ house located at
High School area of Akure.
Awal was allegedly
found in his parents’ room hanging by the door on Wednesday by using a belt to
hang himself.
His step mother Mrs
Rukayat Osisi reportedly raised alarm at about 10.00am
when she discovered the dangling body of the boy in the room.
Rukayat a
petty trader. claimed that she found the body of Awal in the room having
committed suicide.
However, the police
in the state is suspecting foul play, wondering why the step mother brought
down the alleged dangling body of the boy before informing the police.
The woman was said
to have gone to the ‘A’ Division at about 1.35
pm to report that her step-son was found dead in the room after
killing himself.
Rukayat said
she discovered the body of the boy in the room after he hanged himself with a
belt tied to the handle of the door. She said she had to remove the
corpse of the deceased and take it to the State specialist hospital in Akure
before reporting the incident at the police station.
However, reports
gathered from the community showed that Awal has always been a victim of
victimisation, oppression and child abuse by his father and the step-
mother since his mother divorced the father some years ago.
Saturday Vanguard
learnt that the step-mother together with the father has always been
maltreating the boy and sending him on difficult errands.
It was learnt that
the father works outside Akure and comes to Akure every weekend.
The father, it was
gathered seized the boy’s school uniform and books following a report from the
wife that the deceased misbehaved while the father was away in his station.
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