A heart-wrenching incident unfolded in the community of Eshiem as a young man in his early 20s tragically took his own life by hanging. The individual, identified as Clement, was employed at a local tile manufacturing company in the vicinity.
Nana Kofi, a spokesperson for the community’s Chief, confirmed the devastating news to Takoradi-based Connect FM.
According to him, Clement had been grappling with thoughts of suicide ever since his girlfriend, in whom he had invested a substantial amount of money, ended their relationship abruptly.
Regrettably, despite expressing his intentions to his friends, they did not take his statements seriously.
The young man went missing a few days ago, prompting a search that yielded no results. Tragically, his lifeless body was eventually discovered hanging from a rubber tree on a nearby farm.
“I was home when a farmer came to inform me that he has spotted a dead body in his rubber farm. We followed him to the farm and realized the young man has committed suicide by hanging on one of the rubber trees. We informed the police and they came for the dead body which had already decomposed,” he indicated.
The deceased’s family has been notified of the tragic incident.
It has come to light that Clement had been investing in his relationship with his girlfriend, only to have her abandon him for another man. Unable to cope with the loss, he made the heartbreaking decision to end his life.
“The information we have is that he has been complaining about the attitude of his girlfriend for some time now. He has been complaining to his friends that after spending on the lady, she has jilted him for another man. He has been telling his friends about his plans to commit suicide because of the lady but nobody took him seriously until his lifeless body was found hanging on the tree,” he added.
The Assembly member for the area, Armstrong Arthur, disclosed that the police have initiated investigations to uncover the circumstances leading to this tragic event.
“We are told he works with Wang Kang Company in Eshiem but for the past five days, he has been missing. All efforts to look for him have proven unsuccessful until we heard he has committed suicide by hanging in the bush,” he indicated.
