The police in Anambra state have arrested a 27-year-old man identified Alozie John who attempted to commit suicide over a N1.2 million debt.
The spokesperson of the command, Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this to newsmen, said the young man who hails from Isielu LGA, Ebonyi State but lives in Umunnachi, Dunukofia LGA, was rescued after information reached the Command that he drank a poisonous substance hoping for death because of indebtedness of one million, two hundred thousand Naira to his supplier of livestock products.
“He further confessed that he deals with selling live Chicken and after he took the harmful chemical did not feel otherwise,” he said.
Ikenga added that the man’s mother was contacted and she is currently assisting the Police with evaluation, references and transfer to a better facility for proper and other necessary care of the boy