Man Commits Suicide After Eviction From his Apartment for Not Paying Rent

A middle age man has been found dead in an uncompleted building after he was sent packing from his
apartment at Ikotun area of Lagos state, southwestern Nigeria.

PMnews reported that, the deceased  identified Femi committed was alleged to have committed suicide out of frustration.

The incident happened at Alhaji Aboki street in Abaranje by K/S bus stop in Ikotun area where he lived before he was sent away.


Femi popularly known as Fela lived at 27 Alhaji Aboki street before the owner of the house got the police to evict him from his one-room apartment.

Some neighbours revealed that Femi had attempted to commit suicide on two different occasions earlier before succeeding on the last attempt.

Before he died, residents discovered that he was foaming and discharging substance from his mouth.

This was after he was discharged from hospital for alleged suicide attempts in the house. Fela had allegedly jumped into a water well but was rescued.

Residents disclosed that, late Femi was asked to leave the house after he failed to disclose his identity or call any relative shortly after he survived an attempt to commit suicide.

After the foiled suicide attempts, his landlord sent him away from his apartment and packed his property in front of another building in the area.

 When he was evicted from the apartment, Femi had no choice than to relocate to an uncompleted building in the area where he was found dead.

The Landord Association has reported the matter to the police at Ikotun division and the police visited the scene and recovered his body and deposited it at the mortuary for autopsy report.

However, police sources confirmed the incident and said the police have commenced investigation on the matter. The police source said that it is the autopsy report that will determine the actual cause of his death.