Man recounts how he stopped his friend from killing himself in Ibadan

- A Nigerian man has shared the story of how he saved the life of his friend

- The man explained that he noticed that his friend seemed depressed through posts he shared on social media

- He decided to call him and found out he was about to take his own life

A young man has saved the life of a close friend who attempted to take his own life in Ibadan, Oyo state. The man identified as Santos Akhilele narrated the story on social media after he talked his friend out of taking his life.

According to Akhilele, he decided to call his friend after he noticed that the man shared some posts on social media that showed that he was feeling depressed. He revealed that in the video call he noticed that his friend was about to hang himself.

He expressed that he spent over an hour trying to convince his friend that he has something to live for. Akhilele who shared the story on Twitter advised users to talk to people about whatever they are going through.

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The Twitter user who stated that he was talking from experience also advised people not to make fun of others or ignore people when theY talk to them about depression or thoughts of taking their own lives. He further advised that people should learn to bring others up not down.

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Twitter users talked about how best to relate with people suffering from depression while others who experienced depression shared their stories and how they survived it.

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Source: Gossip.naija.ng

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