Nasiru Badamasi, 25, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Tsadawa village in Jigawa State’s Taura local government district.
Alhaji Muttaka Uba, the District Head of Tsadawa Village, confirmed the occurrence to reporters.
He stated that the event occurred on a farm near Zangon Maje hamlet on Monday night.
Uba stated that the victim, a married man with a daughter, committed suicide for reasons unknown to him.
Spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu Adam, said the incident happened on 24/01/2022 at about 0230hrs at Tsadawa village Taura Local Government.
He said police on Monday received a report that a man who is suffering from mental illness was nowhere to be found since he left home.
Shiisu said later, the man was found hanging with his trousers on a tree at the outskirts of Zangon Maje village.
He said on receiving the information, a team of policemen moved to the scene and his corpse was conveyed to General Hospital Ringim where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.
He said no foul play was suspected and the case is still under investigation.