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A chief in the Kogi State common administration, Mr Edward Soje has supposedly dedicated suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Lokoja, the state capital .

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) accumulated on Saturday in Lokoja that the dangling assortment of Soje was found on a tree behind the mammy advertise at the Maigumeri sleeping shelter, the Nigeria Army Command Record.

The 54-year-old government worker chose to end his life scarcely 10 days after his significant other of 17 years brought forth an arrangement of male triplets in a private healing center in Abuja. The couple had been childless before at that point.

Soje, a Grade Level 16 Officer in the Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, was being owed 11 months' compensation back payments as at the time he ended his life.

He hailed from Ogori town in Ogori - Magongo Local Government range of the state.

He had before executing himself ventured out to Abuja and left a suicide note for the spouse who likewise works in one of the government services.

"Song 121:3 God won't endure your foot to be moved: He that keepeth you won't sleep. So be it. You and the three young men, the God Almighty will keep you and succeed you, so be it. I adore you," as per the suicide note.

Affirming the episode, the state police order Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya said that the dangling collection of Soje was found on a tree behind the garisson huts at around 5:55 p.m on Oct. 16.

Aya said that the Divisional Police Officer accountable for Area D Division got data about the episode from the military knowledge office in the sleeping quarters.

"Police moved to the scene, evacuated the carcass to the mortuary of the Federal Medical Center, Lokoja. Examination is as yet continuous," Aya said.

The police representative said that nothing was found on the man to help follow his address and family.

Be that as it may, a hunt party composed by his relations and companions, discovered his cadaver at the funeral home of the healing center on Friday, Oct. 20.

Family sources said that Soje had before the occurrence been experiencing a ton of budgetary weight due to non-installment of his pay for 11 months by the Kogi State Government.

He was among a huge number of government employees being owed in the vicinity of two and 21 months' pay unpaid debts by the state government.

As an exit plan, he was said to have sold his exclusive auto and a three-room home he was working at Otokiti territory of Lokoja.

The building which was at lintel level was sold by Soje at a giveaway cost of N1.5 million in April to meet earnest family needs, it was accumulated.

As indicated by the sources, Soje's monetary burdens ended up plainly exacerbated when the spouse brought forth an arrangement of triplets through Caesarian operation in a private healing center in Abuja on Oct. 7.

The perished stayed in the healing facility to take care of spouse and youngsters until Oct. 13, a day prior to the naming service when he chose to return to Lokoja.

On getting to Lokoja, Soje went straight to his bank to gather the rest of the N30,000 in his compensation account with one of the business banks and from that point educated the bank in expounding on his choice to close the record.

He instantly left Lokoja for the healing facility in Abuja where he rejoined his better half and gave over the N30,000 money to her.

On Oct. 14, Soje and spouse were joined by two ministers and couple of relatives to play out a concise naming service for the triplets in the healing center.

He later left the healing facility on the guise that he needed to pick couple of things from the spouse's condo in Abuja with a guarantee to return rapidly.

However, Soje did not return for a considerable length of time and did not pick any of the many calls made to his phone line, an advancement which constrained the spouse to send some person to the house to go and determine what was transpiring.

The individual, on getting to the flat thumped the entryway severally however no reaction and chose to call his phone number.

On hearing the phone ringing out from the flat, the individual was said to have thumped severally again however no reaction, this influenced him to look for the help of neighbors to power to the entryway open.

At the point when the entryway was opened, the general population were stunned when they saw Soje's phone handset set on a suicide note on the inside table in the living room while he was mysteriously gone.

At the point when the spouse was educated, she immediately reached a few people to start a look for him in Abuja while relations and companions in Lokoja were additionally educated of the improvement.

Endeavors made to find him didn't yield organic product until the point when relations chose to visit healing facilities in Lokoja, the choice paid off in the long run on Friday, October 20 when the body of Soje was found in the funeral home of the Federal Medical Center, Lokoja.

An individual from the family said that the administration of the healing facility disclosed to them that Soje's carcass was gotten by the police, who discovered it dangling on a tree.

An individual from the family, who talked on state of secrecy, depicted the late Soje as a "peaceful and adorable person. "

He said that a few individuals from the family have been sent to Abuja to break the news to the spouse and declined to answer additionally addresses.