African man cuts off his testicles after failed suicide attempt
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:32 pm
These African articles are always written in a strange tone. But anyway, this guy had business problems then tried to commit suicide and then when that failed he cut off his testicle irreparably -- with a broken bottle. There is a picture of the guy with the article.
The stupid part is at the end where it says they will charge him with the criminal offence of trying to commit suicide.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php ... ken-bottle
Frustrated! Father of three removes own testicles with broken bottle
Written by Oluwatoyin Malik
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Mr. Toyin Ibitunde on his hospital bed. Photos: Oluwatoyin Malik
THE sex organs of any man are treasures to him and are always guarded jealously to protect them from anything that may prevent their normal functioning. An average man believes that therein lie his masculinity, or, in more plain language, his ability to make use of his sex organs determines his manliness. Though the scrotum seems dormant, the two male reproductive glands it carries are the ones that produce sperms that fertilise the female eggs, resulting in reproduction.
According to a man, that is my gold. An average African also relishes in his prowess to impregnate a woman and father many children. So, what could have caused a man to crudely tear off his own testicles with a broken bottle and then threw them away, literally throwing away his chances of fathering children?
That was the weird drama that played out last Sunday 5 September at Baba Isale area of Ibadan, Oyo State,when 32-year-old Mr Toyin Ibitunde performed a crude surgery on himself. According to the Divi-sional Crime Officer, Agagu Police Station, ASP Olawale Ayoola, on the day of the incident, Ibitunde had jumped into a well but was rescued. It was after this that he still went ahead to tear his two testicles out of the scrotal sacs, flinging them far away. Time was midnight.
A nightguard, Mr Dauda Abimbola, who discovered him where he was wriggling in pain in a pool of his own blood, became Ibitoyes guarding angel as he quickly put a call through to the Divisional Police Officer, Agugu, CSP Victor Olaiya, who dispatched a patrol team to the scene of the incident. The patrol team took him to a nearby Bembow Hospital, Aremo for urgent medical attention where a surgery was performed on him to save his life by correcting the damage he did to himself. The testicles were not recovered however.
When the police interrogated Ibitoyes father on whether his son had any history of mental illness, the elder Ibitoye replied in the negative. Sunday Tribune gathered that Ibitoyes action was not unconnected with a failed business transaction. Ibitoyes father, who hails from Kwara State, had told the police that his sons wife informed him that her husband, who was into engine oil sales had collected money from his customers towards the purchase of engine oil. He gave the money to his friends but the engine oil was not supplied. Unable to bear the thought of the pressure that would come from his customers, Ibitoye became traumatised. The reaction that was noticed after this was that he started acting strangely and this prompted the familys decision to bring him to Ibadan from where he was residing in Ijora, Lagos State, so that he could be monitored and, at the same time, taken care of. And that was the situation until the incident of Sunday. When asked about the strange behaviour being exhibited by Ibitoye before the incident, his wife said she noticed he would get angry over things that one should normally laugh over.
Before jumping into the well, Ibitoye had first taken a big stone and was throwing it up and heading it, as a football player would do when playing ball. This he did severally, leading to serious injuries on his head.
Sunday Tribune was at Ibitoyes bedside where he was recuperating after the surgery he went through. Drowsy, probably from the drugs he was placed on, Ibitoye could not respond very well to questions thrown his way. And he referred to this writer as Daddy, while calling the doctor pastor. In response to the question on why he decided to inflict such an injury on himself, Ibitoye replied: I just got fed up with life. I had no money again and I became frustrated. That led to my actions.
Shedding light on Ibitoyes condition, the Medical Director of Bembow Hospital, Aremo, Ibadan, Dr Abimbola Kuteyi, said the patient had depression which led to loss of mood and self-respect. According to the medical doctor, the depression he was suffering from made him to become fed up with his environment and that led to the suicide attempt. Speaking further, Dr Kuteyi said 20 per cent of world population is psychiatric but may not present any clinical symptom. The doctor added that someone may be psychiatric but would be behaving normally until a stressor would kickstart an otherwise hidden psychiatric case. This condition can be treated with anti-depressants to boost the mood of the patient until he becomes okay, Dr Kuteyi said further.
He explained that Ibitoye tore his scrotum through the right side, removing his two testicles by piercing the divide to get to the left scrotal sac. In a surgery that lasted about four hours, the doctor said a bilateral orchiectomy was carried out to repair the damaged sperm ducts on both sides, stating that if he was not rescued in time and the repair carried out, the man would have been bleeding internally and would have died. As at the time of writing this report, the scrotum was still swollen, an inflammation which the doctor attributed to the unsterile object used by Ibitoye to cut himself.
Though the surgery had been carried out, Ibitoye now has no testicles, as it was reliably gathered that he threw both away at Ode Aje area.
However, the doctor said even if the testicles were recovered in time, little success would have been achieved in trying to put them back to functioning because of the tiny veins they have. He added that the timelag between when the patient removed the testicles and when he was brought to the hospital would have rendered the tissues dead.
The good news for Ibitoye is that after full recovery, he would still be able to perform his conjugal role in bed but would not be able to make babies again. Fortunately, the man is married and already has three children.
However, Ibitoye would have to contend with the law after his recovery as the Police image maker in Oyo State Police Command, DSP Olabisi Okuwobi, said he would be charged to court for attempted suicide. According to the PPRO, attempted suicide is a criminal offence under the law and is a prosecutable offence. Depression is not an excuse to commit crime as there is no one that does not go through one form of depression or the other. Even if there is a plea for insanity and the doctor gives the report that his level of depression has gone up to insanity, it is for the court to determine whether he is liable or not.
The stupid part is at the end where it says they will charge him with the criminal offence of trying to commit suicide.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php ... ken-bottle
Frustrated! Father of three removes own testicles with broken bottle
Written by Oluwatoyin Malik
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Mr. Toyin Ibitunde on his hospital bed. Photos: Oluwatoyin Malik
THE sex organs of any man are treasures to him and are always guarded jealously to protect them from anything that may prevent their normal functioning. An average man believes that therein lie his masculinity, or, in more plain language, his ability to make use of his sex organs determines his manliness. Though the scrotum seems dormant, the two male reproductive glands it carries are the ones that produce sperms that fertilise the female eggs, resulting in reproduction.
According to a man, that is my gold. An average African also relishes in his prowess to impregnate a woman and father many children. So, what could have caused a man to crudely tear off his own testicles with a broken bottle and then threw them away, literally throwing away his chances of fathering children?
That was the weird drama that played out last Sunday 5 September at Baba Isale area of Ibadan, Oyo State,when 32-year-old Mr Toyin Ibitunde performed a crude surgery on himself. According to the Divi-sional Crime Officer, Agagu Police Station, ASP Olawale Ayoola, on the day of the incident, Ibitunde had jumped into a well but was rescued. It was after this that he still went ahead to tear his two testicles out of the scrotal sacs, flinging them far away. Time was midnight.
A nightguard, Mr Dauda Abimbola, who discovered him where he was wriggling in pain in a pool of his own blood, became Ibitoyes guarding angel as he quickly put a call through to the Divisional Police Officer, Agugu, CSP Victor Olaiya, who dispatched a patrol team to the scene of the incident. The patrol team took him to a nearby Bembow Hospital, Aremo for urgent medical attention where a surgery was performed on him to save his life by correcting the damage he did to himself. The testicles were not recovered however.
When the police interrogated Ibitoyes father on whether his son had any history of mental illness, the elder Ibitoye replied in the negative. Sunday Tribune gathered that Ibitoyes action was not unconnected with a failed business transaction. Ibitoyes father, who hails from Kwara State, had told the police that his sons wife informed him that her husband, who was into engine oil sales had collected money from his customers towards the purchase of engine oil. He gave the money to his friends but the engine oil was not supplied. Unable to bear the thought of the pressure that would come from his customers, Ibitoye became traumatised. The reaction that was noticed after this was that he started acting strangely and this prompted the familys decision to bring him to Ibadan from where he was residing in Ijora, Lagos State, so that he could be monitored and, at the same time, taken care of. And that was the situation until the incident of Sunday. When asked about the strange behaviour being exhibited by Ibitoye before the incident, his wife said she noticed he would get angry over things that one should normally laugh over.
Before jumping into the well, Ibitoye had first taken a big stone and was throwing it up and heading it, as a football player would do when playing ball. This he did severally, leading to serious injuries on his head.
Sunday Tribune was at Ibitoyes bedside where he was recuperating after the surgery he went through. Drowsy, probably from the drugs he was placed on, Ibitoye could not respond very well to questions thrown his way. And he referred to this writer as Daddy, while calling the doctor pastor. In response to the question on why he decided to inflict such an injury on himself, Ibitoye replied: I just got fed up with life. I had no money again and I became frustrated. That led to my actions.
Shedding light on Ibitoyes condition, the Medical Director of Bembow Hospital, Aremo, Ibadan, Dr Abimbola Kuteyi, said the patient had depression which led to loss of mood and self-respect. According to the medical doctor, the depression he was suffering from made him to become fed up with his environment and that led to the suicide attempt. Speaking further, Dr Kuteyi said 20 per cent of world population is psychiatric but may not present any clinical symptom. The doctor added that someone may be psychiatric but would be behaving normally until a stressor would kickstart an otherwise hidden psychiatric case. This condition can be treated with anti-depressants to boost the mood of the patient until he becomes okay, Dr Kuteyi said further.
He explained that Ibitoye tore his scrotum through the right side, removing his two testicles by piercing the divide to get to the left scrotal sac. In a surgery that lasted about four hours, the doctor said a bilateral orchiectomy was carried out to repair the damaged sperm ducts on both sides, stating that if he was not rescued in time and the repair carried out, the man would have been bleeding internally and would have died. As at the time of writing this report, the scrotum was still swollen, an inflammation which the doctor attributed to the unsterile object used by Ibitoye to cut himself.
Though the surgery had been carried out, Ibitoye now has no testicles, as it was reliably gathered that he threw both away at Ode Aje area.
However, the doctor said even if the testicles were recovered in time, little success would have been achieved in trying to put them back to functioning because of the tiny veins they have. He added that the timelag between when the patient removed the testicles and when he was brought to the hospital would have rendered the tissues dead.
The good news for Ibitoye is that after full recovery, he would still be able to perform his conjugal role in bed but would not be able to make babies again. Fortunately, the man is married and already has three children.
However, Ibitoye would have to contend with the law after his recovery as the Police image maker in Oyo State Police Command, DSP Olabisi Okuwobi, said he would be charged to court for attempted suicide. According to the PPRO, attempted suicide is a criminal offence under the law and is a prosecutable offence. Depression is not an excuse to commit crime as there is no one that does not go through one form of depression or the other. Even if there is a plea for insanity and the doctor gives the report that his level of depression has gone up to insanity, it is for the court to determine whether he is liable or not.