Pathetic: Father of Seven Commits Suicide Over Unpaid Salary

A worker of the Ekeremor Local Government of Bayelsa State, Mr Gbemede Kitchen has committed suicide.

Kitchen,  a 42-year-old, hung himself in his apartment in at Imgbi Road, Amarata, Yenagoa, the state capital.

His lifeless body was founding dangling by his children on Thursday morning.

The body was found hanging by a rope formed from a bed shit tied to the roof in the apartment he shared with his family.

Kitchen was speculated to have taken his own life out of frustration resulting from his unpaid salaries.

Local governments in Bayelsa reportedly owe their workers between six and 12 months’ arrears of salaries.

Commenting on the incident, the caretaker of the house where the deceased was a tenant, Benjamin Samuel, described the development as shocking. He said the victim did not show any indication of anxiety before the incident.

He said: “We charged mobile phones together in the night of the Wednesday; Mr. Kitchen’s children were around last night, but the wife was not around.

“Though, I saw him making calls before and after charging his phone in search of his wife before the night fall, the wife was nowhere to be found.

“I am their caretaker, it was a big surprise and shock to me; I never believed that my own neighbour could be a victim of suicide.

“I was sleeping before his children and other neighbours started shouting this morning; they woke me up and I rushed to his apartment.

“He died in a room that the children are not sleeping in; I was the one that untied and brought him down; I tried to see if he could breathe again, I pressed and poured him water but all to no avail.” the caretaker said.