The sleepy community of Ngwaiyiekwe in Ugwunagbor local council of Abia
\nState was on Saturday stricken with shock when a retired custom officer,
\nidentified as Mr. Eke Nweke allegedly took a locally made pistol and shot
\nhimself.<\/p>\n
Pointblanknews.com gathered that Nweke, who is said to be a native of Item
\nin Bende local council Area of the state died before he could be taken to
\nthe hospital.<\/p>\n
Though it is not\u00a0 yet clear why Nweke had to commit suicide, rumours making
\nthe rounds\u00a0 in the community have it that the ex Customs man had attempted
\na failed suicide in Port Harcourt , Rivers State before he was relocated to
\nhis in-law’s house in Ngwaiyiekwe community.<\/p>\n
He was said to have been relocated to his in-laws house in the community to
\nensure that he would be closely monitored to avoid a repeat of the failed
\nsuicide incident.<\/p>\n
According to a resident of the community, “around 4am, we heard a loud
\nnoise and because there was no light at that time, we could not rush out.
\nBut we all stayed awake listening attentively. Shortly afterwards, we heard
\nwailing coming from their (victim’s) end.\u00a0 We came out and saw the man dead
\nin the pool of his blood.”<\/p>\n
The source added that the deceased left no suicide note leaving his
\nin-law\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s household bemused as they could not understand what led Nweke into
\nkilling himself.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The only thing they (the family) told us was that the man caught them by
\nsurprise. They said the man went out while other members of the family were
\nsleeping and shot himself. They said it was the sound of the gun that woke
\nthem up.”<\/p>\n
Our correspondent learnt that the pistol has been handed over to Ugwunagbo
\nPolice Division under whose jurisdiction the incident took place.<\/p>\n
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Abia State Command, ASP
\nGeoffrey Ogbonna was unavailable for comments. However, a Police officer at
\nthe Ugwunagbor Division confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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