The boy was said to have used belt to hang himself in his parents' house located at High School area of Akure.
The deceased's stepmother,Mrs Rukayat is been interrogated by the police for complicity in the death of the boy. Information shows that Mrs Rukayat allegedly distorted evidence by removing the dead body from the scene before informing the police.
According to the police She came to the 'A' Division at about 1.35 pm to report that her step-son was found dead in the room after hanging himself .
Rukayat said she discovered the body of the boy in the room after he hanged himself with a belt tied to the handle of the door. She said she had to remove the corpse of the deceased and take it to the State specialist hospital in Akure before reporting the incident at the police station.
However, there were indications that the boy died as a result of parental victimization, oppression and abuses by father and the stepmother.
The deceased's father who works outside Akure and comes to Akure every weekend was said to have seized the boy's school uniform and books following a report from the stepmother that the
deceased misbehaved while the father was away in his station
The deceased's mother and the father are divorced.
