Director Hangs Self After Wife Gave Birth To Triplets<br><br><blockquote>A Director in the Kogi State Civil Service , Mr Edward Soje has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Lokoja , the state capital .<br><br>The News Agency of Nigeria gathered on Saturday in Lokoja that the dangling body of Soje was found on a tree behind the mammy market at the Maigumeri barracks , the Nigeria Army Command Record.<br><br>The 54 - year - old civil servant decided to take his life barely 10 days after his wife of 17 years gave birth to a set of male triplets in a private hospital in Abuja . The couple had been childless before then .<br><br>Soje, a Grade Level 16 Officer in the Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, was being owed 11 monthssalary arrears as at the time he took his life .<br><br>He hailed from Ogori town in Ogori - Magongo Local Government area of the state .<br><br>He had before killing himself travelled to Abuja and left a suicide note for the wife who also works in one of the federal ministries .<br><br> Psalm 121 :3 God will not suffer your foot to be moved: He that keepeth you will not slumber . Amen . You and the three boys , the God Almighty will keep you and prosper you , amen . I love you ,according to the suicide note .<br><br>Confirming the incident , the state police command Public Relations Officer , ASP William Aya said that the dangling body of Soje was found on a tree behind the barracks at about 5 :55 p. m on Oct . 16.<br><br>Aya said that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Area D Division received information about the incident from the military intelligence office in the barracks.<br><br> Police moved to the scene , removed the corpse to the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja . Investigation is still ongoing,Aya said .<br><br>The police spokesman said that nothing was found on the man to help trace his address and family .<br><br>However , a search party organised by his relations and friends, found his corpse at the morgue of the hospital on Friday, Oct . 20 .<br><br>Family sources said that Soje had before the incident been going through a lot of financial pressure due to non - payment of his salary for 11 months by the Kogi State Government .<br><br>He was among thousands of civil servants being owed between two and 21 monthssalary arrears by the state government.<br><br>As a way out, he was said to have sold his only car and a three- bedroom bungalow he was building at Otokiti area of Lokoja .<br><br>The building which was at lintel level was sold by Soje at a giveaway price of N 1.5 million in April to meet urgent family needs, it was gathered.<br><br>According to the sources, Soje s financial woes became compounded when the wife gave birth to a set of triplets through Caesarian operation in a private hospital in Abuja on Oct . 7 .<br><br>The deceased remained in the hospital to look after wife and children until Oct . 13, a day before the naming ceremony when he decided to come back to Lokoja .<br><br>On getting to Lokoja , Soje went straight to his bank to collect the remaining N 30, 000 in his salary account with one of the commercial banks and thereafter informed the bank in writing about his decision to close the account .<br><br>He immediately left Lokoja for the hospital in Abuja where he rejoined his wife and handed over the N 30, 000 cash to her .<br><br>On Oct . 14, Soje and wife were joined by two pastors and few relatives to perform a brief naming ceremony for the triplets in the hospital .<br><br>He later left the hospital on the pretext that he wanted to pick few things from the wifes apartment in Abuja with a promise to come back quickly .<br><br>But Soje did not return for hours and did not pick any of the many calls made to his telephone line, a development which forced the wife to send somebody to the house to go and ascertain what was happening to him .<br><br>The person , on getting to the apartment knocked the door severally but no response and decided to call his telephone number.<br><br>On hearing the telephone ringing out from the apartment, the person was said to have knocked severally again but no response , this made him to seek the assistance of neighbours to force the door open.<br><br>When the door was opened , the people were shocked when they saw Soje s telephone handset placed on a suicide note on the centre table in the sitting room while he was nowhere to be found .<br><br>When the wife was informed, she quickly contacted some people to begin a search for him in Abuja while relations and friends in Lokoja were also informed of the development .<br><br>Efforts made to locate him did not yield fruit until relations decided to visit hospitals in Lokoja , the decision paid off eventually on Friday , October 20 when the corpse of Soje was found in the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre , Lokoja .<br><br>A member of the family said that the management of the hospital explained to them that Soje s corpse was brought in by the police , who found it dangling on a tree .<br><br>A member of the family , who spoke on condition of anonymity , described the late Soje as avery quiet and lovable human being. <br><br>He said that some members of the family have been sent to Abuja to break the news to the wife and refused to answer further questions.<br>NAN</blockquote><br><br><a href="http://punchng.com/director-commits-suicide-in-kogi/">http://punchng.com/director-commits-suicide-in-kogi/</a>
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