A troubled pastor, who is said to have attempted suicide twice, finally
succeeded in ending his own life after a 3rd attempt. Pastor Gabriel
Oyebode, who is the resident pastor of a popular pentecostal church in
the Ikorodu area of Lagos, reportedly hung himself in a wooded area in
the town.
The Pastor is said to have previously attempted to kill
himself first in January 2013 and then more recently by trying to jump
into a canal in the hopes of drowning.
A neigbour, who spoke in
confidence, said: “But for his vigilant wife, who reported him to his
family members, he would have killed himself last January. His second
attempt also failed because those who saw him when he went to a nearby
canal frustrated his attempt to drown in the canal.”
A friend of the
pastor's family described his action as sad. He said: "It was pathetic
to see the dangling body of a church leader who should offer homilies to
those contemplating suicide."
The family friend, who asked for
anonymity, said: “We heard that he was to visit the headquarters of the
church before he went to a nearby bush in the neighbourhood and hanged
himself.”
No one was ready to disclose what the pastor was really
battling that made him attempt suicide twice before he later succeeded
in taken his own life. He has been buried amid tears by his church
members.
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