The body of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp, NYSC,
member, identified as Ernest, was, Wednesday, recovered from
his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous
substance.
Reports indicated that the young man, who was in love with a
fellow NYSC member, Chioma Okewuru, went berserk when the
girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring
from a man she had promised to marry.
Ernest, who is from 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, and both were serving in
Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local
Government Area of Cross Rivers State.
Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra
told Vanguard on phone: “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 told Vanguard: “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.”
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.