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US-based Nigerian cardiologist Ikenna Erinne, after a custody battle, tragically committed suicide following a standoff where he held his ex-wife, children, and nanny at gunpoint. His father-in-law, Francis Van-Lare, revealed the harrowing details, revealing how Erinne faced a severe legal outcome before taking his life.

A tragic incident has unfolded surrounding the death of Ikenna Erinne, a US-based Nigerian cardiologist, whose apparent suicide followed a tumultuous custody battle. Erinne, 36, took his own life on January 26, reportedly after a U.S. court ruling required him to pay $15,000 in monthly child support. While initial reports linked his death to the financial burden, Francis Van-Lare, the father of Erinne's ex-wife, Suzette Chibuogu, has provided further insight into the tragic turn of events.

Van-Lare revealed that Erinne, who had lost custody of his children, went to his ex-wife’s house on the day of his death, holding her, their children, and their nanny at gunpoint for several hours. The nanny managed to escape and alert the authorities. Faced with the imminent arrival of the police and the possibility of facing multiple kidnapping charges, Erinne tragically decided to end his life.

Van-Lare, speaking out after the news spread online, shared that while many had remembered Erinne as a calm and brilliant man, this incident revealed a deeply troubling side to the doctor’s final days. His death has left both the family and the wider community in shock, with mixed emotions over the complexity of his struggles leading to this tragic outcome.