Tragedy as a man identified as John Okpanachi reportedly committed suicide over marriage he loaned #3m crashed barely two months after wedding, throwing his relatives into mourning.
The deceased identified as John learned works in one of the new generational banks in the Kaduna branch and is 37 years of age.
According to the elder brother of the deceased identified as Micheal Okpanach, a note found beside his corpse inside his sitting room reveals he committed suicide over his marriage crash.
Micheal added that the deceased borrowed over N3 million from a bank for his wedding.
It was learnt that the deceased, John was a resident at the Sabo area along the refinery road in Kaduna before his death, married a lady from the Ankpa area of Kogi state while he comes from Ofu local government in the same state with his wife.
The elder brother of the deceased said John’s marriage hit a rock as soon as they wedded, narrating how his brother had on many occasions called him to report how the wife was trying to turn him into a house boy, an attempt he said his brother resisted.
He disclosed that the marriage finally came to an ended when John’s ex-wife pulled him out of a car he was driving on a busy street of Kaduna, on the ground that the car is a wedding gift from her father, claiming her husband has no right to drive the car without her approval.
Michael further disclosed that his younger brother,John who was angry with the development in his home terminated the marriage two months after the wedding and did not come out of the trauma until he committed suicide.
John who committed suicide on Tuesday morning according to the elder brother drank a poisonous chemical suspected to be a sniper and was seen when his neighbours forced open his door when they did not see him until 1:00 pm.
He added that his dead body has been deposited in a mortuary while the family is preparing to take him back to Ofu for burial.