A depressed Nigerian man identified as Samson has reportedly committed suicide ”overnight” due to unemployment.
Twitter user, Adedayo Ben Lanre, who is a cousin to the deceased, shared the sad news on Twitter.
He added: “Not the best news to start the week. My closest cousin committed suicide overnight due to unemployment. Samson why?”
The rate of unemployment in Nigeria has increased to 23.10 per cent in the third quarter of 2018 from 22.70 per cent in the second quarter of 2018.
This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
In the third quarter of 2017, unemployment stood at 18.8 per cent.
-Oyin Princess