The Osun State Police Command is investigating the death of a teenager, Victor Olonade, who reportedly committed suicide in the Ilesa area of the state.
19-year-old Olonade reportedly hanged himself with a telephone cable in his father’s compound on Saturday.
Confirming the report on Sunday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, said that when its officers visited the scene of the crime to recover the corpse, there were no signs of violence on the body.
The statement read in part, “At about 2:30pm, on Saturday, one Agboola Olusola ‘M’ of 049 Isokun Street, Ilesa, reported at Ilesa ‘A’ Division that Olonade Tomiwa Victor ‘M’ aged 19 years, a student of Ipetu Ijesa College of Technology, Osun State, was found dead by hanging in a compound with telephone cable.
“Scene of the crime was visited and no mark of violence was found on the body. Corpse deposited at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa. The case is still under investigation.”
