Tragedy as a young Benue local government staff reportedly died on Wednesday morning, December 9 after setting himself ablaze over alleged non-payment of three years allowance.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the staff identified as Aondona Yaga was until his death, a casual staff at the Gwer local government secretariat, Aliade.
The grandmother who was seen around his abandoned corpse said the young man had been facing difficulty because he wasn’t paid his allowance for almost three years.
It was learnt that the deceased eventually fell sick and could not find money to treat himself.
Frustrated, he decided to end his life. On Wednesday morning, he entered his thatched room and set it on fire.
Information Officer of Gwer Local Government, Mr. Chris Avi has confirmed the incident but didn’t give further details.
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