Man, 37, commits suicide in Kano over ex-wife’s remarriage

Nuradeen Shehu, a 37-year-old security guard at Prestige International College, Danmusa Steet, Gadon Kaya, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State, has reportedly committed suicide.

The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria NAN via telephone on Tuesday that the incident occurred inside one of the classrooms of the college.

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He said on Jan. 28 at about 10:30 a.m., Abdullahi Abdulsalam of Rijiyar Zaki, brought a report that one Nuradeen Shehu, a security guard at the college, was found motionless after he hanged himself with rope in a classroom.

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He explained that a team of Policemen from GwaleDivision, led by the DPO, was at the scene and forcefully unlocked the door, cut the rope, and rushed the body to Murtala  Mohammed General Hospital where a medical doctor confirmed him dead.

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The body was released to the family of the deceased for burial.

Information revealed that the deceased hanged himself, having realized that his ex-wife has remarried.

He said that the police would thoroughly investigate the motives behind the incident.(NAN)