A middle aged man, simply identified as Afeez, has allegedly committed suicide after drinking poison.
The incident happened at Olaitan Street, Masha, Surulere, Lagos.
Afeez’s lifeless body was found in his apartment on Sunday, two days after he was rescued from electrocuting himself.
Residents alleged that Afeez drank poison but an autopsy report will confirm that.
According to an eyewitnesses, Afeez was spotted early on Saturday morning climbing a Power Holding Company of Nigeria Plc high tension electric pole in the area.
He had confessed to his friends the previous day that his life is bewitched and frustrated and therefore would not want to live anymore.
However, despite his desire to die, residents who saw him climbing the PHCN high tension pole succeeded in persuading him to come down from the pole.
Just after he came down, the crowd got angry and started beating him, cursing him for attempting to kill himself.
His friends, however, took him away, counselling him to look at the bright side of life.
Sadly, the following morning, September 1, 2012, neighbours woke up to discover that Afeez had succeeded in killing himself.
He was said to have drank an unnamed poison in the night.
His corpse has been removed from his apartment.