A
13 year old primary five pupil, Awal Osisi has committed suicide in Akure, the
Ondo state capital.
But
the police in the state is working at some puzzles surrounding the alleged
death of the boy just as his step mother is being detained.
Saturday
Vanguard gathered that the boy committed suicide in his parents’ house located
at High School area of Akure.
Awal
was allegedly found in his parents’ room hanging by the door on Wednesday by
using a belt to hang himself.
His
step mother Mrs Rukayat Osisi reportedly raised alarm at about 10.00am when she
discovered the dangling body of the boy in the room.
Rukayat
a petty trader. claimed that she found the body of Awal in the room
having committed suicide.
However,
the police in the state is suspecting foul play, wondering why the step mother
brought down the alleged dangling body of the boy before informing the police.
The
woman was said to have gone to the ‘A’ Division at about 1.35 pm to report that
her step-son was found dead in the room after killing himself.
Rukayat
said she discovered the body of the boy in the room after he hanged himself
with a belt tied to the handle of the door. She said she had to
remove the corpse of the deceased and take it to the State specialist
hospital in Akure before reporting the incident at the police station.
However,
reports gathered from the community showed that Awal has always been a victim
of victimisation, oppression and child abuse by his father and the step-
mother since his mother divorced the father some years ago.
Saturday
Vanguard learnt that the step-mother together with the father has always been
maltreating the boy and sending him on difficult errands.
It
was learnt that the father works outside Akure and comes to Akure every
weekend.
The
father, it was gathered seized the boy’s school uniform and books following a
report from the wife that the deceased misbehaved while the father was away in
his station.
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