Final Year UNIBEN Law Student commits suicide...hangs self in Benin City.

The 27-year-old student was said to have hanged himself in a room at his family residence at Obamwonyi Street, Off Universal Road, Benin City. Residents of the area described the deceased as easy-going and a devoted catholic who hardly missed morning mass. Edo police command spokesman, DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed the incident.

“We got the report that one Daniel Iyoha hanged himself with a wrapper on a ceiling fan in his room. When our team of investigators were drafted there, after reviewing the crime scene the corpse was brought down and moved to a hospital,” he said, adding that the police have commenced investigation with a view to knowing the motive behind the action.

Neighbours explained that on the fateful day, the deceased, after returning from morning mass, washed his clothes and tidied his room. He however remained at home till dusk, when he took his own life.
They described his stay at home as unusual of him. The late Daniel, who was described as a very busy person by his neighbours, was said to have combined his academic work with sales of motor parts at his shop at Uwelu, Benin City. It was gathered that the deceased committed the act after his mother left the compound to see a neighbour by tying himself to the ceiling fan with a wrapper .

Not even his sister, who was reading in another room, noticed anything unusual until their mother returned to the apartment and, apparently anxious to ascertain the whereabouts of her son, opened the door to the room and saw the lifeless body of the young man dangling from the ceiling.