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Frustrated man attempts suicide, jumps inside well in Akure

By Ayodele Popoola

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A 42-year-old man, Identified as  Awelewa, has reportedly attempted suicide as he jumped  inside a deep well at Powerline, Ijoka area in Akure South Local Government of Ondo State

The incident which happened  around 3:00p.m on Friday caused pandemonium in the area  and raised concerns over factors responsible for such behaviour.

The Hope Metro gathered that Awelewa, a father of four had  last week made an attempt to slaughter his  wife  by inflicting a deep cut on her neck in the midnight, while asleep. But he was stopped  by his children and neighbours.

It was gathered that the victim decided to kill  his wife for her refusal to lend him more money, because he was yet to  pay back the previous money he had borrowed.

The man was reported to have ran away from home for days with  the fear that he might be arrested by the Police.

A source said that the man claimed that personal challenges and the fact that his wife is no longer faithful to him, had led him to attempt killing her.

Another source who craved anonymity disclosed  that the man who has been jobless for a while  had collected a huge money from his wife, his sister-in-law and some co-tenants which he had  failed to payback.

Also, an eyewitness, a mechanic, who does not want his name on print, said they saw the man wandering about and some men who are close to him called him and persuaded him to make peace with is wife and come back home.

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“When we saw him, we persuaded  him to reconcile  with his wife and father-in-law. And immediately, we sent for his wife.

” When he heard that his wife and his father-in-law were  coming and  also heard that his father-in-law had reported his action at the police station, the man moved back with the belief that he wanted to get a chair to sit down. But  what we suddenly noticed was that he stood on the well nearby and jumped inside it.

“It took  some sympathizers some minutes to rescue him,” he said.

At the scene of the incident, his wife, called ” Iya Nife” narrated  her ordeal on how her husband tried to kill her at midnight without  any misunderstanding.

She narrated, “He nearly slaughtered me when I refused to give him  more money after I asked him to pay his previous debt of almost N200,000 and the one he is owing our neighbours.

“I spent four days in the hospital for treatment,” she said.

He was, thereafter, taken to an undisclosed hospital   while his father-in-law insisted that he should be arrested.

The incident was later reported at the Ala Police Station.

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