Church Guard Hangs Himself Within Premises

A church guard identified as Matthew Isidahume, reportedly committed suicide, yesterday, with his lifeless body found dangling within the premises of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Gbagura, Ago-Oka, in Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun State. Members of the church who converged for the morning prayers, it was learnt, discovered the corpse of the 67-year-old, where he allegedly hung himself.

Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident said three guards were supposed to be on duty when the incident happened.

“The deceased left a suicide note which is currently assisting us in our investigation, but the command will do a thorough job toward getting to the bottom of the matter.”

However, a member of the church council, who identified himself as Adekunle Adegoke, said the deceased was the church’s night-guard, adding that those who came for the morning prayer meeting met the gate locked and waited for about 30 minutes thinking the late Matthew was busy.

He said: “When there was no trace of him, the people decided to push a small boy across the fence and the boy later returned with the sad news that Matthew had hung himself.

“Really, if you see him, the first thought will be that there was a sort of complex issue, probably there is a foul play. But looking closely you will see his footprints on the generator which showed that he climbed, tied something on his neck and then jumped.”