OAU Graduate Hang Himself Because his Girlfriend's Father refused His Proposal to Marry His Daughter

Ikorodu town, Lagos State, western Nigeria, was thrown into
mourning on New Year day when a graduate of Architecture,
Ogunsona Daniel Adekunle Adebambo, committed suicide by
hanging himself in an uncompleted storey building.
The body of Adebambo was found around 1 a.m. yesterday
dangling from a rope tied to the hook of a fan in an
uncompleted storey building at 1, Alice Ogunsona Street,
Hilltop Estate, Eruwen, Ikorodu.
P.M.NEWS investigations revealed that Adebambo, 30, studied
Architecture at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and did
his national service in Abia State.
The deceased was found by his younger brother after reading
the suicide note he left in their sitting room.
He allegedly blamed his action on his girlfriend’s father who
refused to allow him marry his daughter.
A friend of the deceased disclosed that Bambo, as he was
fondly called, killed himself because his fiancee’s father, who
is from Ondo State, said his daughter cannot marry him
because he is an Ijebu man from Ogun State.
Many of the sympathisers who gathered at his residence
found the excuse for his action difficult to believe.
Efforts to speak with his fiancee proved abortive as she
refused to talk.
The atmosphere at the residence of the deceased in Eruwen
was gloomy as family members, friends and neighbours wore
sombre look. Two ladies found leaving the compound
lamented the death of the man and disagreed with the note he
purportedly left stating the reason for taking his life.
Efforts to speak with his brother and other family members
were also unsuccessfual as they refused to talk to our
reporter.
They threatened to send the reporter out of the compound and
confiscate his midget and camera.
A resident of the Hilltop Estate, Ibrahim Adeola, who said he
participated in bringing down Adebambo’s body from the
ceiling, recalled that he was dead and stiff when they brought
him down.
“When the family raised an alarm and we came here, he was
already foaming in his mouth and his hand was clenched in a
fist. This signified that he struggled till he died,” he said.