I couldn’t have taken my life despite being suicidal, Destalker reveals

By Tosin Brown

Nigerian comedian, Onaibe Desmond aka Destalker has opened up on how he couldn’t take his own life despite being suicidal.

In the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast, DesTalker opened up about his battle with depression when he finished his university education and how it made him suicidal.

“I graduated with a degree in Public Administration but couldn’t get a job. So I started doing okada [commercial motorcyclist]. But the truth is, I already had it in my mind that I don’t want to work for anybody. You must have a blueprint of what you want to become even though the country has its own blueprint waiting for you,” he said.

Continuing, Destalker said, “I was struggling. It wasn’t easy. There were a lot of distractions and it got to a point where I was suicidal. I attempted suicide three times. I think nobody has heard this part of me. That was when I realised that even I can’t take my life. I now believed that when you’re suicidal, your miracle is close. The devil doesn’t just want you to attain it. The closer you are to your destiny, the more difficult the challenges. That was my story.”