Daily Sun
reports that the young doctor who succeeded in killing himself had attempted to
kill himself four years ago, his neighbours revealed at the family residence of
the victim located on Odunukan street, Ebute-Ejigbo, Yaba area of Lagos.
Before he
finally succeeded in taking his life on Sunday, March 19 by jumping into the
Lagos lagoon, Allwell Orji, a medical doctor, had earlier attempted to kill
himself.
Orji, 35
years old, took his life by jumping into the lagoon after allegedly asking the
driver of his car to stop. Efforts to recover his body have so far proven
abortive.
According to
the report, Orji was saved then by neighbours.
“Four years
ago he attempted to kill himself and, thereafter, had tried doing so on a
number of times. Since then, his family had been monitoring him.
“We don’t
know the kind of sickness he was suffering from, but we knew he was being
monitored. That was why he was assigned a driver to take him around.
“He was such a gentle boy,
who never made any trouble. His family has lived on this street for long; his
father died four years ago.
“Perhaps the driver who
drove him didn’t know about his condition because he was engaged about three
months ago,” a neighbor said.
The report added the
victim’s colleagues at the Mount Sinai Hospital on Plot 32, Olanibe street,
Papa Ajao, Mushin, Lagos, where he worked have remained pensive since the
incident happened.
The report quoted the chief
medical director of the hospital, Adedoyin Adeniran, as expressing sadness but
saying: “We don’t want to conclude that he is gone, more so when his body has
not been found. It is only his family that can speak on that.”
A staff of the hospital
also said: “Dr Orji was such a dedicated person. He was the firstborn of his
family. He was a thoroughbred doctor who paid profound attention to the very
minute things in Medicine.
“He was such a quiet person
and at the same time very active.
“He was most preferred by
our patients. In fact, when some patients came here and he had not arrived,
they would wait for him.
“He was sure to get to the
root of things by asking penetrating questions. That was his trademark and why
he was so much loved.
“Last Friday, he was here
and we all played with him. We jocularly asked him to go and eat but he said he
was going to see his patients in the ward. But we literally forced him to do
so.”
Another staff called him
“an easy-going person. He was every lady’s man. Last Friday, when he was here,
he showed no signs that he was going through any form of challenges.
“His mother is a director
in one of the banks. She was always coming to check on him.
A floating dead
swollen body suspected to be the corpse of this young medical doctor, Allwell
Orji, has just been recovered by marine policemen by the lagoon more details to
follow.............
Eya he had issues RIP
ReplyDeleteVery sad story may his soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteTouching
ReplyDeleteMAY THE GOD ALMIGHTY COMFORT HIS FAMILY
ReplyDeleteDepression na bad thin
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