By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
FOR being unable to service his customers’ loan facilities, a bank manager with a leading micro finance bank in Oyo State, Nigeria, has bade the world farewell.
The deceased 41-year-old branch manager at Oke Ogun area, who committed suicide, was identified as Sola Ogungbe.
Some of the customers at his branch in the Oke-Ogun area were said to have defaulted in paying back loans granted them by the financial institution.
He was said to have terminated his life with a dagger.
His colleagues said he had not been frequent in the office in recent times and being
disturbed by his absence, a call was put through to his wife on Wednesday to find out why he had been staying off his duty post.
The wife was said to be unable to give any definite answer, but said she would revert after getting home.
But on getting home, she met her husband’s lifeless body on the floor of their bedroom.
A close friend of the deceased said the deceased a made mistake by taking his life as he was supposed to have discussed his problem with his friends.
“The issue of suicide is becoming alarming, Sola made a great mistake by taking his own life because of debt, if he had shared this issue with his friends, maybe somebody would have come to his aid.
”Everyone is going through one thing or the other, but our survival is anchored upon communal living and friendship; tell people about your issues, you don’t even know who can help you,” he opined.
Stonix News reports that the body of the deceased has been taken to his hometown in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria.
