Madonna graduate stabs himself repeatedly to death

A graduate of Madonna University, Anambra, who recently concluded his
National Youth Service Corps programme had repeatedly stabbed himself
to death at Wole Madariola Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos.
DailyPost gathered that Chidike on Friday,April 19, took a kitchen
knife and stabbed himself repeatedly until his intestines were bulging
out.
According to a female relative, who wishedto remain anonymous,
the 25-year-old who just finished serving his father land had been
depressed for some time.
She said, "He did his NYSC in Delta State and only returned in
February. Upon returning, he started to act strangely and we noticed
that he was no longer sociable. Most times he would sit at a corner
all alone and when we asked him what was wrong, he would say he was
not happy.
"When the symptom became persistent, hisparents took him to a
hospital, but nothing was discovered to be wrong with him, so wetook
him back home and continued to monitor him.
"I do not know the time it happened exactly, but everyone had gone to
bed while he stayed in the parlour. Around midnight, he was found
lying in a pool of blood and the knife soaked in blood.
"His intestines were on the floor as well. From what we deduced, he
stabbed himselfthree times without screaming because no one heard any
noise. At daybreak, we went to Aguda Police Station to report the
matter."
The deceased mother, Mrs Oyeka said she had left the matter in God's
hand but was pained that all her struggles to bring up her son were in
vain.
She emphasized that the circumstances surrounding his son's death was
beyond herimagination. She said it was metaphysical.
"He was my first born and we did all to make him happy, but sadly, he
took his own life. We counseled him on numerous occasions but this did
not prevent him from committing suicide.
"I do not think someone can stab himself to death except he is under
spell. I leave everything to God because he knows the best," Mrs Oyeka
said.
Confirming the incident, the Acting Spokesperson for the state police
command, Mr. Damascus Ozoani, said the matter could not yet be
classified as suicide until autopsy was concluded.
He said, "Although the family claimed he killed himself, the police
will have to do their own independent investigation to ascertain what
really happened. We will wait for the outcome of the autopsy and this
will determine our next line of action."