One Mr. Chibuzor Awobi, a civil servant
based in Nekede- Imo State has allegedly
committed suicide by drinking poisonous
substances, because he couldn’t marry his
long-time girlfriend.
It was gathered that Awobi, 36, was until
his death, a staff of the State ministry of
Internal Resources and Pensions.
He was said to have died because the
parents and brothers of his fiancée, one
Chioma Agukpaha from Ihitte Emeabiam
community of the state refused him from
marrying her.
Awobi was said to have invested a huge
amount of money and energy into the
relationship with the girl.
Information also revealed that the deceased
trained the girl in the university and helped
her secure a job at Diamond Bank in Owerri.
However, trouble started when Awobi went
to Chioma’s family to tell them that he was
coming to marry their daughter. The family
initially refused him from coming to marry
her, but upon his insistence they allowed
him and his people to perform the
traditional marriage rites. The traditional
wedding was fixed to hold on December 28,
2014 while the church wedding was fixed
for January 3, 2015 at the Emmanuel
Anglican Church Nekede. But three days to
the event, precisely on December 24,
Chioma was kidnapped and later released
on December 29, a development that led to
the cancellation of the wedding.
He was said to have arrested the
mastermind of his fiancée’s kidnap who is
also her relative, but two days later, his
prospective in-laws told him that they had
changed their mind and would now support
him to marry their daughter only on the
condition that he must release the kidnap
suspect from the police custody, a request
he gladly accepted by ensuring the bail of
the suspect from the police.
However, the situation changed again after
the release of the suspect, when Chioma’s
brothers told him that they were not ready
to be his in-law and that he should forget
about the marriage. Following this
development, Awobi was said to have
become emotionally depressed. He was said
to have called Chioma on Friday night to
forget about the marriage as her people had
said and wished they had married.
He was said to have begun the plot to
commit suicide within the compound by
drinking a substance.
However, a family source disclosed that he
never committed suicide but had slumped
as a result of heart break. He was rushed to
the hospital and was confirmed dead.
