NYSC Member Commits Suicide As Girlfriend Dumps Him For Another -

 

The body of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified as Ernest,
was, Wednesday, recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous
substance.
Reports indicated that the young man, who was in love with a fellow NYSC member, Chioma
Okewuru, went berserk when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a
ring from a man she had promised to marry.
Ernest, who is from Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to
Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma, and both were
serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of
Cross Rivers State.

Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra told Vanguard on phone: “The
girl had told the guy that she would not marry him, but that they could be friends. So
when she came back from home last weekend and showed him the ring her husband-to-be gave
her, the young man became furious.
“On Wednesday, the situation became worse and at about 7pm, he locked himself in the room
and took some poisonous substances.”
A source in the school told Vanguard: “They met at the NYSC Orientation Camp at Abrekpe-
Ebokpo and as luck would have it, they were both posted to the same school where they had
a relationship going.
“He had the hope the whole thing would end in marriage, but Chioma already had another
person she wants to marry.”
Ntuen said the body had been deposited in the mortuary of Obubra General Hospital, while
Chioma is with the police, where investigations on the circumstances surrounding the
tragic death are in progress.