Nigerian Editor Commits Suicide |The Source

By Adesina Soyooye

Tragedy has struck the Herald Newspapers, Ilorin Kwara state, and the Nigeria Media.

One of its Editors, Godwin Muzari, committed suicide on Friday, September 18.

Herald is published by the Kwara State Government. Muzari was its Entertainment Editor, till his sudden death.

His body was found dangling from the ceiling in one of the rooms in his apartment.

Apparently, the late Editor had been having issues which bordered on depression.

According to the Editor-in-Chief of the Newspaper, Mr H. Zenanga, the late Editor had been off from work for sometime, but surfaced for two days – Monday and Tuesday – and never came again until Friday when the office heard of his sad death.

Before then, he said one of the sisters of the late Editor had told him that that her brother needed counselling, and that the process for counselling him was already in progress, before he committed suicide.

“Our Newsroom will be poorer without him”, the Editor-in-Chief lamented.

Muzari’s elder brother, Bishop Muzari, said he spoke to his late younger brother last on Moday, but never heard from him again until Friday when he saw his dangling body. He revealed that when they spoke last, the late Editor had complained about some personal and other issues generally, but that he never thought they could lead to suicide.

Having not heard from him, Bishop Muzari said he went to his late brother’s house to visit him, only to be confronted with his dangling dead body.

Muzari left behind a wife, and three children.

It is not clear where his wife and children were when he, allegedly, took his life.