Arising
from poor sales of his weekly newspaper and magazine, a publisher
identified as Solomon (surname withheld), on Friday, allegedly committed
suicide in Asaba, Delta State.
It
was reliably gathered that the publisher, who resided in Achalla Layout
area of Asaba, took his life in anguish following the advent of poor
sales in his newspaper business.
A
suicide note he allegedly left behind, a copy of which was made
available to our correspondent, read, “I cannot stay alive suffering
when nobody is helping me. Even my wife and children abandoned me and
sales in my newspaper business have been very poor.”
His wife, Rosemary (surname withheld), however, denied the allegation.
In
her reaction, she described the claim as untrue, insisting that her
husband took his life when it became obvious he was lazy and was
criticised by his friends and relations.
The Commissioner of Police in Delta, Baba Usma, said the police had interrogated the wife and daughter of the deceased.
He added that the body of the publisher was found dangling from a tree branch behind his house.
The
late publisher’s son, Frank, who spoke to our correspondent, said, “I
knew my mum and my sister contributed to what my father did, and that
was what I told the police. And anytime my father tried to complain, my
mum and sister would shut him up after they had allegedly lavished the
N300,000 he took from a cooperative society as loan.”
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