An Nnewi-based pastor identified as Prosper Igboke has reportedly committed suicide after his girlfriend jilted him after he sponsored her through school. It was gathered that the deceased jumped down from a two-story building in Nnewi, Anambra State.

While speaking to the Punch Newspaper, a relative of the late pastor said, “The incident happened last month. The man, Igboke, was 30 years old at the time of his death. His girlfriend, whom he intended to marry, disappointed him after seeing her through the university.”

“He jumped down from a two-story building and died. I am surprised that a man of this age and a pastor can do this.” The relative added that the deceased was buried in a forest because the pastor committed a sacrilege according to their tradition.

Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Anambra state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed that the incident was not reported to the police command.