Pandemonium rented the air as residents of Kajola street, Barrack road in Ondo city, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government area of Ondo State, woke up at the weekend to the news the decompose body of a-72-year old man, Titus Agunbiade who was found in the area.
The late Agunbiade also known as “Chief” in the area, was reported to have committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope on a wooden pillar inside his late father’s house.
The reason for his action could not be ascertained as the deceased did not leave any suicide note behind.
Report has it that the late Agunbiade climbed the two storey building with a ladder before hanging himself with a long rope in one of the rooms inside the house.
“Chief’s” decomposed body was later discovered after six days following a long search for him by members of the family.
It was later gathered from a source within the family that the deceased may have committed suicide as a result of protracted illness which took a lot of money from him without cure.