Police in Jigawa State have confirmed another suicide case in Nigeria.
They said a 40-year-old man identified as Jibrin Adamu committed the act by hanging himself in Marika village, Kiyawa Local Government in the state.
The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, while confirming the incident, said that preliminary investigations revealed Adamu had struggled with mental health issues.
‘Daily Post’ quotes him as saying: “Police re.ceived a report on Thursday that at about 1830hrs, a tragic incident was reported at the Command headquarters that one Jibrin Adamu ‘m’ age 40yrs of Jigawar Maroka village, Kiyawa LGA has committed suicide by hanging himself over the ceiling at Islamiyya school.”
According to eyewitnesses, Adamu’s lifeless body was discovered in a classroom at Miftahul Khairat Islamiyya and Primary School Gurdiba on Thursday, September 19.
