A 37-year-old man, Seyi Onayemi, committed suicide in Ikorodu estate in Lagos state on Friday August 30th. A statement from the spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Bala Elkana on August 30th, men of the Shagamu Road Police Station, Ikorodu received a distress call that the deceased allegedly drank a poisonous substance suspected to be Snipper insecticide and died in his room at 7th Avenue, Rofo Estate, Odogunyan, Shagamu road, Ikorodu.
Bala says the scene was visited by homicide detectives and the corpse was evacuated to mortuary for autopsy. The homicide detective see the empty bottle of the poisonous substance and a suicide note which was written by the deceased.