A 48-year-old driver, Jacob Elelgbede, whose suicide attempt
was foiled by the police in Abuja, has blamed spiritual forces, saying he
did not know what came over him. The father of one said he lost his mind, when
he climbed a tree in an attempt to commit suicide in a nearby bush, that he
simply found himself on the tree along with the rope he wanted to use to kill
himself.
Elegbede, who worked with a construction company in Abuja,
twice attempted to hang himself on Saturday and Sunday, prompting his
neighbours to alert policemen, who arrested him.
Before the suicide attempt, he had written a note in which he
took responsibility for the planned crime and also asked for forgiveness from
his family and neighbours.
Elegbede, who hails from Badagry, Lagos, also listed the
names of his creditors whom he owed various amounts, craving their forgiveness.
The suspect, in an interview with The Punch at the
FCT Police Command, Abuja, on Wednesday, explained that his problem began about
18 months ago, when he started suffering from insomnia.
He said, “I also started having strange dreams in which I
find myself having intercourse with strange women and even animals.
“I worship at the Mountain of Fire and Miracle church in
Abuja, but I couldn’t go for prayers or deliverance because I work from Monday
to Sunday and there was no time for any other thing. I believe my problem is
spiritual because I can’t even explain how I found myself on the tree with a
rope to hang myself.”
Asked about the suicide note that was recovered by the
police, Elegbede, stated that he could not remember writing the said letter
because he had no pen or paper in his room.
“I strongly believe some spiritual forces were behind my
problem because while I was in the cell last Saturday, I had a wet dream in
which a dog was licking my private parts,” he said.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Mustafa, said the
suspect would be arraigned in court after investigation, adding that attempted
suicide was a criminal offence.
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What will he say is the evil spirit...
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