NEWLY WEDDED MAN LANDS IN HOSPITAL AFTER FAILED SUICIDE, BLAMES IT ON MARITAL CRISES
A newly wedded vulcanizer, known simply as Muritala has been rushed to a private clinic after he attempted suicide by setting himself on fire.The man who is a resident of Iree community in Osun State obtained serious injuries from the Incident which occurred on Friday.
According to Muritala, he chose suicide as a way of escaping the emotional and verbal torture he was subjected to by his wife, whom he married sometime in July this year.
Narrating the experience, he said
He “That Friday, I went into a filing station, bought fuel and went to a forest behind Baptist High School, Iree, and set myself ablaze.
“I thought of what I was passing through, and it made me to decide to end my life. Poverty and repeated curses of my wife made me to lose hope. I married the woman just in July this year.
“Some people heard me when fire was burning my body and rushed to the scene. They rescued me and brought me to hospital”
Contacted, Muritala’s wife denied cursing him, she stated that she had no idea as to why he decided to commit suicide
She, however, confirmed her Marriage to him this year in July, saying they were yet to have children.
