Friends and family members of a 21-year-old student of Maritime Academy
Oron, Effiong Otu are at a loss why he committed suicide by hanging
himself on a rope in his room on Thursday morning after he was jilted by
his girl friend.
Ann, a family member told Vanguard that Effiong was found hanging in his
room at Diamond Hill, a few minutes after he collected a rope from
neighbors who became suspicious soon after he went inside his room with
the rope wondering what he wanted to use it for.
According to the source, when his mother Grace Otu, a nurse at the
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital left the house at about 3pm on
that fateful day, the young man borrowed a rope and killed himself.
According Ann: “The 10th of July was the 10th anniversary of his
father’s death in a car accident and after the anniversary and everyone
had left the house including his mother, he went to a neighbour and
borrowed a rope which he took to his room and hung himself.”
Ann said: “The neighbors became suspicious of what he was doing in his
room with the rope and decided to rush there but found the door to the
room locked and before they could force the door open he had died.”
She said 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”.
Ann stated that Effiong was an only son of the family and was given the
late father’s name as a source of succor for the family but “he has
again left us by this thoughtless action”
Perhaps to give an inkling of his planned action , 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!!
Efforts to speak with Hogan Bassey, the Cross River State Police Public
Relations Officer did not yield any success as his phone was switched
off. Effiong’s body has been removed and de[posited at the mortuary of
the General Hospital, Calabar. [Vanguard] - See more at:
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