A 65-YEAR-OLD man from Dete in Hwange District allegedly
hanged himself at his family’s graveyard and left a suicide note saying he was
tired of living with his wife.
Never Sibanda of Siamateme village under Chief Nelukoba
allegedly addressed the note to his children, telling them that he had failed
to live with their mother Ms Sarah Ncube (47).
Police reportedly found the suicide note in the pocket of a
jacket that Sibanda was wearing when he hanged himself.
The suicide note, according to police papers reads:
“Goodbye my children, stay safe. I have failed to stay with your mother. Yours
father.”
The incident happened on Sunday night and Sibanda’s body
was found on Monday morning hanging with a rope from a tree at the graveyard,
about a kilometre away from his homestead.
Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chief Inspector
Siphiwe Makonese could not comment on the matter as she was not reachable on
her mobile phone yesterday.
Chief Nelukoba said he was yet to get full details of the
matter.
However, he bemoaned prevalence of domestic violence cases
involving women as aggressors, saying he had summoned a couple from Dopota area
for a hearing at his court tomorrow after a man filed a report of being abused
by his wife.
“I haven’t got full details on that one but I will
investigate it. I am worried about cases of violence by women on their husbands
judging by the cases I am handling. As we speak there is a man who came to
report about domestic violence perpetuated by his wife and I have since
summoned the couple to come on Thursday for hearing,” said Chief Nelukoba.
Police sources said Sibanda retired to bed with his wife
around 9pm on Sunday before he woke up at midnight, telling her that he was
failing to sleep and needed to sit outside.
Ms Ncube allegedly did not bother to check on him and she
continued sleeping. She only noticed in the morning that her husband had not
returned to bed.
She informed other family members who conducted a search
and they traced the now deceased’s footprints which led them to the family
graveyard where they found him dead.
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