The youth President of Polaku Community, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Rapheal Ebezpeke, has found hanging in the community bush.
The 40-year-old father of two, was said to be battling with mental related issues before the sad incident that threw the community into mourning occurred.
The deceased according sources within the youth body in the community, allegedly killed himself that afternoon after several warnings and attempts that he was going kill himself because of unseen forces threatening to take his life.
They said “Raphael usually talk about unseen forces trailing his life and trying to kill him. There was a time in January when he also ran out of the house to the same bush, but later he came back to the house. This unfortunate incident as nerrated by the deceased sisters, was that he (deceased) was in the house, they noticed he ran out of the house screaming, “they want to kill me, they want to kill me” by the time we could trace him to the bush, we saw him hanging on the tree”
According to a youth leader in Gbarain community, who confirmed the death, “Quiet unfortunately that we lost Raphael, i know he has some mental issues, so i use to personally counsel him and introduced him to some healthy life style. Whenever we see him with some persons associated with hard drugs, we also caution him to desist with such persons”
He was always saying there are people after his life, and they want him dead. On whether it was a murder and not suicide, we don’t think its murder and we haven’t also suspected anybody, but he might have taken his life. What a pity.
