A 16-year-old boy whose name is confirmed to be Ange Pavel Ndogmo has committed suicide by hanging shortly after leaving an emotional letter to his mother in Dschang, West Region.
The body of Ndogmo was found hanging lifelessly on a road in an uncompleted building, close to their compound.
According to Ndogmo’s mother, she had a prolonged discussion with her son hours before the incident, where she reprimanded him for going astray.
“In the morning, I scolded him. I told him your attitude is not a good one. I urged him to change from his bad attitude, then I left him home and headed for the market,” Carine Tsafack, mother of the deceased child, explained.
She went on, “Upon my arrival from the market, I called on him to help me open the door, considering that I was very tired. “I, however, realised there was no response to my call, so I got worried and began searching for him.”
A few minutes into the search, Carine made a macabre discovery, which left the entire locality in shock. Her son was found hanging on a rope alongside an emotional letter addressed to his mother.
The letter read, “You told me I am like a parasite in your life. I am leaving, and I don’t want you to suffer anymore. I am sorry for all the suffering I must have caused you. I will no longer be the cause of your death. I came to this world alone, and I will be leaving alone. You will now live a better life and will not be an object of ridicule. I love you; goodbye.”
According to the mother, no one in the family had suspected such an occurrence considering that the previous day, she cooked and they all ate happily as family.
“We spent the whole day together. I made fufu corn, and we ate,” Carine furthered.
Investigations carried out confirmed that the young boy committed suicide by hanging himself with the help of a rope.
According to the World Bank collection of development indicators, the suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Cameroon was reported at 9% in 2019. This rate, it should be noted, has witnessed a high increase in recent years.
