Auchi polytechnic lecturer ‘commits’ suicide

Auchi Polytechnic

A lecturer in the department of urban and regional planning, Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Patrick Okojie, has allegedly committed suicide, The Nation reports.

The incident is said to have occurred three days to his 47th birthday.

His corpse was found four days after being declared missing at his plot of land at Igbira Camp, along Igarra/Auchi road.

It was learnt that Okojie would have been due for promotion to Chief Instructor by the end of March.

A source in the family said Okojie left home on March 4 and was found on March 8 with a rope hanging around his neck.

The deceased is survived by a wife and three children.

The source also said that no suicide note was left by the deceased who was said to have driven out of the house as though he was heading to the office.

The Nation says the institution’s spokesman, Musa Oshiobugie, did not respond to requests for comments but that a top management staff described the incident as a family affair.

Edo police spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, also said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.