The Anambra State Police Command announced that it has saved a 27-year-old man, Alozie John, from an attempted suicide in the state’s Umunnachi community, Dunukofia Local Government Area.
The young man, a livestock dealer from Isielu LGA in Ebonyi State, is claimed to have attempted suicide due to a debt of N1.2 million to his livestock supplier.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Anambra State police spokesman, stated on Saturday that security personnel rescued the man on Friday after his WhatsApp chat was intercepted.
Ikenga said, “On 23/8/2024, Anambra police rescued a young man who attempted to take his own life. He was debriefed, rendered medical assistance, and kept in safe custody for monitoring.
“The young man, who was later identified as Alozie John’m’ aged 27 years from Isielu LGA Ebonyi State but lives in Umunnachi, Dunukofia LGA, WhatsApp message was intercepted when he engaged the Command on a chat that he drank a poisonous substance hoping for death because of indebtedness of one million, two hundred thousand Naira to his supplier of livestock products.
“He further confessed that he deals with selling live chicken and, after he took the harmful chemical, did not feel otherwise.
“Meanwhile, his mother was contacted, and she is currently assisting the police with evaluation, references, and transfer to a better facility for proper and other necessary care of the boy.”
