A University graduate reportedly committed suicide after struggling for three years to get employment, but to no avail.
The unfortunate incident was posted on Facebook by a user identified as Poko Poko who claimed to be his friend and neighbour.
In the post which was published by MyNewsGH.com, Poko Poko said: "Iâve never felt this sober in my life; I write this with tears drawing contours on my cheeks.
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âIâve this Muslim friend in my hood called Yussif. Yesterday I closed from work and got home around 7:18PM only to find him sitting at the corner of a park doing nothing. When he saw me coming, as usual, âboys boysâ thing, he started âPoko, hearsay your money come ooâ.. and I jokingly replied â Charley the money de33 ecome but time no dey to spend amâ.(I lied). Right after saying that, I could see sadness written all over his face but I ignored it, cracked few jokes with him and started walking home.âHe called me back and said, âPoko, Charley ehard oo. A come dey house like 3years after uni but no job. Momee too dey give me pressure say make a do wild den start life. A dey see say boys all dey go dey come but me p3 notin dey go on give me. A see you p3, den a shy. You plete uni and now you dey job fine fine. Hommie, a dey feel say abi waste ooâ.a just wan end everything and be freeââŠ.My friend got me all sober with his lamentations but there was little I could do to help. I simply said â Charley ego bee, gave him 10gh but he declined. That was how my meeting with him ended.
âIâm here on my bed watching movies and I can hear shouts and cries from their compound. Only to go out and find out that My friend Yussif just committed suicide this dawn; he took some unprescribed drugs in excess.âYussif, the first and only son of his parents is dead and gone.Maybe I should have paid more attention to the latter part of his lamentations (I know you didnât read it, go back and read).Maybe I should have told him, me being all dressed up for work doesnât mean i work in any big company but I only go to town for âkpakpakpaâ to make a living.âMaybe I should have spent hours talking to him when I saw him at the corner of the park.âMaybe I shouldnât have lied that âIâve made more money now after university and only needed time to spend itâ. I only said that to portray satire.âMaybe when he declined my 10gh offer, I should have assisted and ensured he bought some food with that money.âMaybe I should have gone home with him and spend time watching videos on 4syte-TV together. Just to take his mind off stress and over thinking.âMaybe most importantly I should have spent hours convincing him that ânowhere cool â and that we all are suffering but choose to keep it to ourselves.âI donât know why, but a part of me feels I could have somewhat prevented this suicide.âSuicide is real.âIf you find a friend suffering from depression or over thinking and continually makes suicidal remarks, get closer to him/her to talk them out.âRest in Peace Yussif.â