THE family of a 47-year-old panel beater, Segun Adegboyega, has been grieving after he drowned in a well at their residence on Elegbede Street, Shasha, in the Egbeda-Akowonjo LCDA of Alimosho LGA.
According to the information gathered, Adegboyega woke up on Wednesday morning, left his flat and walked towards the well situated at the back of his residence, and jumped into it.
During a visit to the scene, Adegboyega’s neighbour, who identified himself simply as Korede, expressed shock over the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death.
Korede said, “I cannot explain why such a friendly and happy man would do something so mysterious. Adegboyega was not a person of anger or trouble, however, I cannot tell if he had any issues but I don’t think he should have pushed himself this far. It is very sad and unexplainable, only God knows what could have caused him to do this.”
When the victim's family was contacted at their home for comments, a yet-to-be-identified relative who opened the door said they were not interested in speaking to the press.
She said, “Please leave, we don’t want to talk to any press, we have told the police everything. We are mourning; the wife is not around, and her people have come to carry her away to comfort her.”
Asked about the children, the relative said, “They are still little and cannot even defend themselves.”
Following this incident, a piece of wood, a net and iron had been used to seal the well.
The state Police Public Rations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident, said Adegboyega’s wife reported that her husband committed suicide.
According to Hundeyin, the woman raised the alarm and neighbours tried to rescue him but he had died already.
He said detectives were sent to the scene and they brought out the deceased’s corpse from the well and deposited it at the Mainland mortuary, Yaba.
