THE Works Engineer of the Tarkwa Municipal Assembly committed suicide by hanging in the early hours of yesterday.
According to the police, the Engineer, Justice Omar, 46, and the family went to bed but he was alleged to have woken up in the night when the whole family was asleep.
He cut the drying line from both ends and tied it to the ceiling in the corridor and hanged himself.
The wife of the deceased, Madam Ruth Dadzie, told the police that for sometime now her husband had been complaining of depression and some burning sensation within him.
“My husband did not show any sign; he was with me the previous day when I was washing. He offered to help but I declined it. However, after that we went to the market together to buy some foodstuff.
“I woke up this morning and my husband was not by my side; I thought he was going round the house as usual or he was in the hall since he loves fresh air,” she told the police.
She said after some time she decided to check outside to see if he was there since there was no sign of him or any noise outside the house.
“I found my husband hanging in the corridor and with his toe touching the ground. I shouted his name but he was long gone, she said.”
Officials of the assembly said they were shocked since the man did not show any sign and had been a very listening officer of the assembly.
The Tarkwa Divisional Police Commander, Mr Kojo Antwi, told the Daily Graphic that at about 5.00 a.m., shortly before he hanged himself, Omar sent a text message to his brother which read, “My wife and the prophet she took me to are the cause of my death”.
He said the police was investigating the case and awaiting result of a post-moterm on the deceased.
The body has since been deposited at the Tarkwa Government Hospital.
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