There was confusion at Ekiti State Secretariat on Wednesday morning as a
civil servant identified as Abolarinwa Olaoye, allegedly hanged himself
under suspicious circumstances. The body of the 49-year-old night guard
at the State Scholarship Board was found hanging at the staircase
behind the office.
He
was said to have reported on Tuesday evening for an overnight duty but
it remained unclear when the act was committed. Olaoye’s body was
suspended with a clothing material tied to the railing of the staircase.
The Boxer MB 100 brand motorcycle with registration number ADK 210 WS,
brought by the deceased to the office was parked within the building
where the suicide took place. The development triggered panic at the
Secretariat as fellow civil servants trooped out from their offices to
catch a glimpse of the incident. According to Mrs Elizabeth Babalola, an
in-law and confidant, Olaoye, a native of Igogo Ekiti, Moba Local
Government area of the State, came to her around 4.30 pm on Tuesday and
lamented the acute financial problems he had been encountering of
recent.She said: “He came to me around 4.30pm on Tuesday and started
lamenting that his house rent had due and that he could not pay due to
irregular salary payment. He also complained about inability to meet
other financial commitments to his wife’s family.He told me he could
go ahead and do some nasty . He told me clearly that he was tired of
life. I tried to persuade him not to resort to anything nasty. I told
him life is full of ups and downs and that he should just endure, but I
never knew he would end this way” she said. The Executive Secretary of
the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, Mr. Ayo Ajimati, confirmed that the
deceased was a staff of the board before his demise.
