Ogun State Police command says it has commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances that surround the death of a 19 -year old boy identified as Sunday Moses in Afio village, Odeda Local Government Area of the state.
Sunday Moses whose lifeless body was hanging a tree in a secluded rocky area of the village was alleged to have committed suicide.
The Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola who confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta said the deceased was found dead by his brother, John Egbe, who searched for him after several hours of waiting for him to return.
She said that a secondary school graduate had allegedly informed his 47 years old brother that he found deceased hanging on a tree when he was looking for a spot with better network reception to make a phone call.
The command’s Spokesperson noted that findings by the police, revealed that Moses’ mother had died just weeks earlier and had yet to be buried in their hometown of Oju LGA, Benue State.
She said the remains of the teenager corpse had been released to the family for burial according to their traditional rites
