Information reaching The Finder indicates that the deceased committed the act after being jilted by his lover.
Eye witnesses say he had had two children with a young lady but the woman broke up with him after some misunderstanding and went for another guy.
It is further said that on the evening before the act, Augustine visited a barbering shop openly lamented that he live to see another guy snatch his lover from him.
The following morning, around 4.30, the lifeless body of the
Augustine was found hanging on a tree at the sea shore.
His body has been deposited at the Axim Government Hospital mortuary pending autopsy and the police investigations.