Following the death of Dr. Allwell Orji who committed suicide by jumping into the Lagos lagoon on Sunday, fresh insights as to what might have caused his suicidal act has surfaced.
The 35-year-old doctor who until his death worked with the Papa Ajao branch of Mount Sinai Hospital was according to a close friend of his said to have been battling with some family crisis.
According to the close friend of the doctor who spoke to The Nation, the doctor was suffering from a condition.
The friend of the deceased said: “We were close and we often discussed about his life. He was a brilliant young man and he liked helping people. He was in the habit of taking part in free medical outreaches and he loved to study.
“Despite his condition, he was still studying further. He ought to be rounding off his post-graduate studies which would have enabled him to become a consultant.”
The friend of the doctor who pleaded to remain anonymous further revealed that the doctor who was battling Sickle cell also had a case of mental instability.
“Sometimes it happened like a convulsion, and it even embarrassed him at his place of work while he was busy with a patient. Although the family did their best to manage the situation, there were times when he and some members of the family exchanged words because they taunted him for acting abnormally.
“His frustration heightened when his father died about four years ago and some family members believed the burden of his health condition contributed to the father’s death. These were some of the reasons he told me at that time that he wanted to end it all, but I tried to encourage him with the word of God.”
Speaking on the doctor’s relationship, the friend noted that his mother had tried to get him a wife but it did nt work out adding that his mother had gifted him with the SUV along with the driver as a means of monitoring his movement.
“The jeep (SUV) he was riding belongs to the mother and she also got him a driver to take him around. The mother tried to arrange marriage for him at a time but it did not work. The deceased’s younger brother is already married and his sister is also a medical doctor.”
