Man sets self ablaze because of debts and hardship

Uchechukwu
A middle-aged man, Frederick Onigbo, who committed suicide by setting himself ablaze behind an NNPC mega station in Gwarimpa, Abuja, owed a bank and others.

Frederick had doused his body with fuel and set it on fire in the bush behind the filling station on December 23, 2013, but his charred corpse was not found until five days later, after a desperate search by his wife and children.

Frederick’s corpse was evacuated to the mortuary of the General Hospital, Kubwa by policemen from Gwarimpa Estate Police Division.

The remains will be taken to Awgu, Enugu State for burial this week.

His wife, Uchechukwu, told PUNCH Metro at their Gwarimpa village residence on Friday that the deceased was pushed into taking his life by debts and economic hardship.

She explained that Frederick had taken a N300,000 loan from a bank, which he wanted to start a business, but he was duped by his business partner and he became despondent, resulting in the tragedy that befell the family

-punch