GIRLFRIEND OF A MAN WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE OPENED UP

The girlfriend of a deceased Joseph Mayowa who committed suicide by drinking Sniper because she dumped him after 9 years of friendship. 

The girl whose name is Olokodana Bolaji said that he committed suicide because he beat her. 

She stated that they quarreled as usual while she was in the deceased room which led to physical violence. 

She ran into the restroom and when coming out and found him gasping for breath with an empty bottle of Sniper around him. 

Homicide detective from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba Lagos visited the scene at Eyita area Ikorodu and stated the following:

"On May 31, 2019 at about 5.30am, Shagamu Road Police Station, Ikorodu, received an information that one Joseph Mayowa, 34, a part term Student of Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu Campus, Department of Hospitality Management Technology, drank a poisonous chemical identified as sniper, following a misunderstanding between him and his girlfriend, Olokodana Bolaji, who was also a graduate of the same Institution."

"He was rushed to hospital by his neighbours following an alarm raised by his girlfriend but eventually died"

He stated that the corpse has deposited at the General Hospital morgue waiting for autopsy to determine the cause of his death.