By our reporter

A teenager, aged 14 has committed suicide for being teased by his neighbours for given a girl a love letter and a gift. The boy whose name was identified as Pelumi took his life in a dramatic manner. Until his death, he lives in Onipaanu, Ogun State.

While speaking to the press, Rukkayat, the mother of the girl who received the gift, said. “On Wednesday evening, around 5pm, he (Pelumi) came to our area. The boy is 14 years old and he brought a gift alongside a letter to my daughter, Adijat,”

“He sent someone to deliver the letter and stood afar. When my daughter saw the gift, she began to ask to know who sent the person who delivered it. It was in the process that Pelumi, who stood some distance away, was identified as the ‘gifter’.

“My daughter then expressed surprise because she doesn’t know the boy and they had nothing in common.”

“People around recognised him and then stated that he was gifting a girl something at such a young age. They jokingly stated that since he could send a gift to a girl at such tender age, he seems ready to marry,” she said.

She added, “Before they knew it, he ran away from the place and around 7pm, we learnt that someone in the area killed himself.

“I didn’t even think it was Pelumi because from the accounts, it was just a minor issue.

“It was later that I learnt that he killed himself because he was scared that his mother would beat him if she learnt that he went to give a girl a gift and even wrote a love letter.”