Ekiti: Senior civil servant commits suicide over alleged unpaid salaries
A senior civil servant with Ekiti State government, Mr Tope Afolayan has committed suicide over alleged unpaid salaries.
Afolayan, a level 10 officer, was said to be in huge debt and was found hanging on the ceiling of his house located on Peace Avenue, Olorunda, Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.
A source confirmed that the deceased consistently complained to friends about his financial constraints and the non-payment of his accumulated salary arrears.
Afolayan was survived by a teacher wife and three children.
He was also a final year student of Law at Ekiti State University (EKSU), as well as serving as an interpreter in a branch of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ekute area of Ado-Ekiti.
“Although he didn’t leave any suicide note before hanging himself he had been very moody and heartbroken for a couple of weeks before the incident happened,” the source is quoted as saying.
“He had been complaining about the debts he owed which he was unable to defray because of non-payment of the arrears of salaries. In fact, he was among the last batch of applicants for car loan given by government last year but his name did not come out.
“We are shocked by Afolabi’s death because nobody thought he would go to that extent, we are still mourning his death.”
The deceased, a native of Oye-Ekiti had been buried, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Alberto Adeyemi confirmed.
