Woman commits suicide in Ekiti

Victor Akinkuolie ,Ado-Ekiti
Tragedy struck in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State at the weekend when a middle-aged woman suspected to be lunatic jumped into a big river located at Akin Akeju street in the community.
The popular lunatic always noticed on top of heap of refuse in the street located opposite the Teaching Hospital, in Ado-Ekiti had in the early hour of Sunday made an attempt to jump into the big river, but was prevented by passersby.
All efforts made by the people of the area to prevent the lunatic from jumping into the river did not yield result, as he later jumped into the river and died immediately.
It was reliably gathered from the residents of the street that the lifeless body of the lunatic whose family is yet to be known was noticed between two wooden stick at the middle of the river.
Some residents of the area were said to have rushed to the scene of the incident, making frantic efforts to catch a glimpse of the lifeless body of the lunatic.
A source from the street who spoke with our Correspondent identified the lunatic as one of the physically deranged persons been taken care of at a traditional clinic for lunatic near the river where the incident occurred.
The source said the victim was sent on an errands by one of the Doctors working in the traditional clinic and was said to be recuperating from the mental illness before the incident occurred.
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Police Command, Mr Sunday Abutu, said the report of the incident was communicated to the command at the early hour of Sunday.
He explained that a detachment of police officers from the command has been drafted to the area to unravel the cause of the matter.
He disclosed that the body of the victim has been evacuated from the scene and deposited at the morgue of the State Specialist Hospital, while investigation has commenced on the matter.