Friends of a student of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, Solomon Benedict, who committed suicide, have been speaking about his last moments.
Benedict allegedly drank a mixture of insecticide with yogurt and drank it.
This has become rampant among several youths in Nigeria, with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, having recently lost a student each to suicide.
Kebbi State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the incident, saying, “Yes, we are aware of the incident. The boy was 29 years old. He committed suicide at Badariya area of Birnin Kebbi.”
The friends said he had been complaining about his difficult financial situation.
“We noticed he was no longer at ease. He was holding his tummy and we later learnt that he pour some insecticide into his drink. He died before we could stop him,” one of the friends said.
According to another female friend, Benedict had earlier threatened to kill himself:
“For some time now, he had been telling me he would kill himself if his financial situation did not improve. But I never believed he meant it. I remember whenever he visited me at Jega, he always lamented over his financial predicament and I would give him some money to transport himself back to Birnin Kebbi and thereafter he would tell me he would kill himself one day if his situation failed to improve. I was shocked when a friend called me from Sokoto that Solomon had killed himself.”
Mourning him, another friend, James Peters, noted on Facebook (sic):
“God!!!!!! This life is very short… We can’t ask God why, You re the all knowing God, you knw best, only You Lord knw wat he was passing through. We beseech dat lord u have mercy on his soul, plz don’t look at the wrongs he has Don whole still on earth…. Lord plz use all the good deeds he has Don to judge him… Have mercy on us all Lord… Rest in Peace Solomon Benny…
It’s very painful to lose a vibrant person like u Solex who luvd the work of God……. Hmmmmm
Let’s be mindful of the kind of life style we leave cus DEATH can come knocking on our door at any time…
Wat will u be found doing wen it (Death) comes???
R.I.P Solo…. ”
