A 24-year-old man, Lanre Falodu, has reportedly committed
suicide in a church premises in Owo area of Ondo State, where he was taken for
deliverance.The deceased brother, Tunde, according to a police source, took him
to the church located at Imola area of Owo to seek spiritual solution to his
problem.It was learned that the deceased, who had been in church for some time,
reportedly escaped at about 5:30a.m. on the ill-fated day.He was said to have
hung himself on a tree within the church premises.His lifeless body was
discovered by the pastor of the church, who informed Police in Owo.A team of
homicide detectives was dispatched to the scene, where the deceased’s body was
removed and deposited at Owo General Hospital morgue. Ondo State Police Command
imagemaker, Wole Ogodo, said the matter had not been reported at the state
police command in Akure, but promised to contact Owo Divisional Police Officer,
DPO.In another development, an aged woman reportedly committed suicide at
Idanre area of the state.Police imagemaker said the woman, believed to be
mentally sick, poured petrol on her body, set herself ablaze and died before
help could reach her. Ogodo said the corpse had been deposited in a
mortuary.But a police source in Owo said the pastor of the church and father of
the deceased had been questioned.He confided in Vanguard that the deceased
might have some mental challenge hence his sojourn in the church for spiritual
deliverance. The state police command has insisted in conducting the autopsy to
ascertain the cause of his death.
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