Father of six commits suicide in Bayelsa

A 43-year-old father of six, Mr. Gbembite Kitchen, on Thursday hanged himself in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The incident happened at Vanguard Street, Imgbi Road area of Yenagoa.

Kitchen, who hailed from Ekeremor local government area of the state, simply used his bed sheet to hang himself in a vacant room of an uncompleted building where he lived with his family.

Though he left no suicide note, it was gathered that Kitchen died out of frustration arising from family pressure and joblessness.

The deceased’s wife, Beauty, was not at home when the man, who was unemployed for many years, killed himself in the early hours of Thursday.

His neighbours said they had no idea that the deceased was nurturing the idea of killing himself.

When The Nation visited the scene of the incident, the deceased’s wife was surrounded by female sympathisers and crying inconsolably.