Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson told URN over the weekend that Onencan`s body was found lying in a bush. He says next to the body was a packet of carbofuron, one of the most toxic pesticides which the deceased is believed to have ingested to end his life.
A man from Omoro district who has been at large
for killing his wife and six months old son has been found dead in Gulu
municipality. The lifeless body of 27 year-old Vincent Onencan was found under a
jack fruit tree in Negri Village in Bardege Division Gulu Municipality on
Friday afternoon.
Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa River Region Police
Spokesperson told URN over the weekend that Onencan`s body was found lying in a
bush. He says next to the body was a packet of carbofuron, one of the most toxic pesticides
which the deceased is believed to have ingested to end his life.
A case of suicide is being investigated by police in Gulu
under DEF 05/2020. William Ocitti, the Ongako Sub County LC3 Chairperson, says
that Onencan called his brother only identified as Odongpiny and notified him
that he was going to commit suicide.
According to Ocitti, Onencan reportedly
told his bother that he was tired of life and had considered ending it. He says
they intervened immediately and tried to trace for Onencan’s whereabouts but he
declined to pick their repeated phone calls until when it emerged late that he
was found dead.
The deceased was the prime suspect in the murder of his wife, Prossy Apiyo and their son, Joshua Onencan. The decomposing
bodies of the two were found locked in their house in Oluba Village in Kal
Parish Ongako Sub County on Thursday last week.
Betty Kilama, the Ongako Sub County Women Councilor, says the
couple was battling problems until last Tuesday when Onencan`s wife was last
seen. On Thursday police and local authorities broke into Onencan`s house
due to a stench and swarm of flies only to find the woman and her son dead
inside.
Pader police are also
investigating another case of suicide in Pader district. It is alleged that Charles Awio, 69, from Kitenyi West
Village in Otong Parish, Ogom Sub County was found dangling on the roof of his
hut.
Pius Charles Obonyo, an eyewitness says Awio was found dead shortly
after returning from a drinking joint, where had threatened to end his life. This is the tenth case of suicide recorded in Aswa region
within three weeks. Okema attributes the rampant cases of suicide to domestic
problems.
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Police is now appealing to cultural, religious, political and
opinion leaders to offer psychosocial support to people who present with
suicidal tendencies.
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Isaac Ogwal, a clinical psychologist at African
Centre for Torture Victims (ACTV), a trauma healing center in Gulu explained
that suicide minded people in some instances take the lives of their loved ones
before ending their.
Nicholas Opiyo, a Mental Health expert at Gulu Main Hospital,
says that cases of suicide are alarming and challenging with over 629 attempted
cases recorded annually in Acholi Sub Region.
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In Uganda, over 1,300 people attempt suicide yearly. Globally
800,000 people die of suicide annually, according to statistics from World
Health Organisation (WHO).
Emmy Daniel Ojara
Freelancer