The director in the Kogi State Civil Service, Mr Soje Edward, who committed suicide did not leave behind a suicide note, the police in the state have confirmed.
The late Soje Edward committed suicide last week Thursday in Lokoja by hanging, few days after his wife gave birth to triplets in a hospital in Abuja after 17 years of marriage.
Addressing newsmen yesterday, the police public relations officer, PPRO, Mr Williams Ayah, ASP, said the command is waiting for the result of autopsy to ascertain what actually led to his death.
He noted that as at the time the military found his body hanging on a tree, there was no suicide note on him stressing that the man was suffering from partial stroke before he committed suicide.
ASP Ayah noted that “investigation has commenced and very soon they will get to the root of the matter”.
However, late Soje was last paid in December according to the Head of Service of the state, Deaconess Deborah Ogunmola in a press statement. She said Soje continued to receive his salaries till December, 2016 even while the staff screening and verification exercise was ongoing adding that his salary payment was stopped after proof emerged that he falsified his age records.
“Following engagements with Labour which spanned several months, the Kogi State governor magnanimously commuted the disciplinary action due against certain categories of offenders by grant of pardon. Mr. Soje fell into one of the categories.
“Pardoned staffs were processed for reinstatement and payment in batches. Mr Soje was in the September 2017 batch and he was aware of this fact.
“The Kogi State Teaching Service Commission where he works has forwarded a template for payment to government and Mr. Soje was aware that he was listed to receive six months back pay, leaving only two months (August and September) outstanding,” she stressed.
