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
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