A mechanic,Obi Orji, has committed suicide over his inability to pay his N35,000 house rent.
The 43-year-old man ended his life by drinking a poisonous chemical, inside his rented apartment at resident at Kateren Gwari, Minna, after his wife and five children had left for the morning mass, leaving only him at home.
Our correspondent gathered that the deceased had been unable to meet his obligation of paying his N35,000 annual rent, following the expiration of the date which his landlord gave him to pay up.A colleague of the deceased at Mechanic Bye Pass, Minna, said Obi’s landlord, simply identified as Alhaji Lateef, had constantly traced him to his workshop at the Mechanic bye-pass in Minna, threatening to forcefully evict him out of the house if he failed to pay his rent at the appointed date.As at the time of this report, the body of the deceased had been deposited in the mortuary, with an attendant confirming the incident. Further enquires could not be made from the hospital management following the ongoing strike by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).