Ruli residents have connected the suicide to a debt of over Rwf 35 million Twagiramungu he owed to a company extracting minerals in the area.
He is suspected to have poisoned himself with pesticides and breathed the last yesterday morning as he was being transported to CHUK.
Talking to IGIHE, the executive secretary of Ruli sector, Jean Marie Vianney Nizeyimana, has confirmed his demise.
“It is true that he has committed suicide using pesticides. Residents have connected his suicide to the debt he owes a company extracting minerals but we cannot confirm this. The investigation is underway to establish the truth,” he said.
Nizeyimana explained that the deceased had land-related conflicts with the company extracting minerals which local leaders had fixed before his death.
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