NYSC Member Takes Own Life Because His Girlfriend Dumped Him

A 26-year-old NYSC member posted to Cross River has reportedly committed suicide after his girlfriend jilted him.

The body of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified as Ernest, was, Wednesday, recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous substance.

It was gathered that the young man, who was in love with Chioma Okewuru, a fellow NYSC member, went berserk when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from another man she had promised marriage.

According to Vanguard, Ernest,an indigene of Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma. Both were serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State before the incident. 

Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra, while speaking with Vanguard on phone, said:

“The girl had told the guy that she would not marry him, but that they could be friends. So when she came back from home last weekend and showed him the ring her husband-to-be gave her, the young man became furious. 

“On Wednesday, the situation became worse and at about 7pm, he locked himself in the room and took some poisonous substances.” 

A source in the school where they serve also said: 

“They met at the NYSC Orientation Camp at Abrekpe-Ebokpo and as luck would have it, they were both posted to the same school where they had a relationship going. 

“He had the hope the whole thing would end in marriage, but Chioma already had another person she wants to marry.”

Acting DPO, Ntuen said the body had been deposited in the mortuary of Obubra General Hospital, while Chioma is with the police, where investigations on the circumstances surrounding the tragic death are in progress.