POLICE OPERATIVES IN ANAMBRA STATE RESCUE A YOUNG MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE 24-08-24
By Sadiq Aminu The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga in a release said, he had been debriefed, rendered medical assistance and kept in safe custody for monitoring.
He explained that the young man, who was later identified as John Alozie, aged twenty seven, was from Isielu Local government area of Ebonyi State but lived in Umunnachi, in Dunukofia Local government area of the state.
Mr Ikenga said a WhatsApp message was intercepted when he engaged the Command on a chat that he drank a poisonous substance hoping for death because of indebtedness of One million, two hundred thousand Naira to his supplier of livestock products.
The Police Image Maker pointed out that Alozie further confessed that he dealt in live Chicken and that after he took the harmful chemical he did not feel anything.
Mr Ikenga said, his mother had been contacted and she was currently assisting the Police with evaluation, references and transfer to a better facility for proper and other necessary care of the boy.