CITIZENS COMPASS —A pastor with a new generation church, Prosper Obum Igboke, has reportedly died of suicide in Nnewi, Anambra State.

Sources said the man jumped from a two storey-building after he was jilted by his lover.

A relative of the deceased, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man had trained his lover in the university, after which she declined his marriage proposal.

According to the relative, the pastor was about 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 storey-building and died. I am surprised that a man of his age and a pastor can do this.”

The source said according to the tradition of Leru autonomous community of Umunneochi LGA in Abia State, the man would be buried in a forest for committing sacrilege.

He was eventually buried on Friday, in the bush,” the source added.