21-yr-old Student Commits Suicide After Being Dumped By Lover In Calabar

This is now becoming daily activity for men these days, I thought women are the ones who suffer most during heart breaks?. How come men are now the one committing suicide?. Last time a man stabbed himself to death in Lagos after his fiancée dumped him now another 21-year-old student of Maritime Academy Oron, Effiong Otu committed suicide by hanging himself in his room on Thursday morning after he was jilted by his girl friend.
Effiong committed suicide on the 10th of July which was also the 10th anniversary of his father’s death in a car accident. When everyone left, he went to a neighbour and borrowed a rope which he took to his room and hung himself.


Before he hung himself, he called one of his friends, Adu on phone requesting him to tell his girl friend, Blessing who works with the UNICEM that she should now be happy that he has killed himself for her.

Before his friend could rush to the house, the door had already been forced open by neighbours and Effiong’s body was hanging from the ceiling of the house.

Effiong had posted his face book page on the 6th of July the following message

“It’s not about being engaged, married or in a relationship. It’s about being happy, safe, secured, relieved and feeling good. It’s about peaceful state of mind, it’s about sleeping at night without the fear of losing what you’ve got. It’s being yourself and not someone else, it’s about feeling loved, happy, respected, understood, cared for and appreciated.! Goodnight my beautiful people!!

 Effiong’s body has been removed and de[posited at the mortuary of the General Hospital, Calabar.