
A young man who has not been identified yet committed suicide in the Lokogoma district of the federal capital.
According to reports, the deceased would have just removed his clothes by Efab Junction, Lokogoma and hanged himself.
It is said that he committed suicide by frustration.
His body must still be removed by the competent authorities.
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Why are more people committing suicide in Nigeria?
In Nigeria's 36 states, official police statistics identified 62 cases of suicide in Nigeria in 2016. The states of Lagos and Ogun have the highest rates: in 2016, 12 suicide cases and 5 suicide attempts. suicide were recorded in Lagos in 6 months The most notorious case occurred in March 2017, when a man suspected of being a doctor, asked his driver to stop the car, an SUV, and jumped to his death from the Third Mainland Bridge. Another large-scale suicide in Nigeria involved a senior year student at Ladoke University Akintola Ogbomosho, who was found hanging from the ceiling of his room. In 2015, the World Health Organization ranked Nigeria 30th in the world, just after North Korea. Such stories and figures are in tragic juxtaposition to Nigeria's regular rankings as one of the happiest places on earth. So, why the disconnect, and - although official statistics are difficult to find - why the number of suicides in Nigeria seems to increase?
“Nobody ever stops yearning for money,” says one Yoruba trader, as he explains the economic hardship. “A measurement of rice that used to be sold for 150 Naira has skyrocketed to 350 Naira.”
“When a man can feed humself and his family without anxiety, he will have no cause to be depressed,” says one young man.
Nigeria’s economy has been in its worst recession for 25 years causing many people to lose their jobs and come under severe financial strain.
“Peer pressure can make someone suicidal,” suggests one woman.
“A lot of people nowadays want to make it rich quickly and it leads to sudden death – when you become concerned with how glamorously your peers spend money,” says a young Nigerian.
“And sometimes that leads to money rituals. And when they attempt money ritual abortively more than two times, they could hang themselves.”
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