Okoruwa. has committed suicide in Ekpoma,
Esan West Local Government, Edo State, few
hours after dedicating her three months old
baby in a church.
Ejobosele dedicated her baby on Sunday, while she
killed herself in the early hours of Monday.
Her lifeless body was found dangling from the
ceiling with the wrapper she allegedly used to hang
herself.
Husband of the deceased, Okoruwa told journalists
that he slept in the sitting room with two of his
children, while his wife slept in the bedroom with
their eldest daughter and the baby.
Okoruwa said it was shouts from his daughter
around 2am that woke him up, adding that he
rushed inside the room only to see his wife
dangling from the ceiling.
He said recent behaviour of his wife indicated that
she was depressed, but it did not occur to him that
she would take her own life.
He said, "I usually sleep in the parlour with two of
our children and it was not different that day. My
wife slept in the bedroom with our eldest daughter
and the baby.
"Around 2am, my daughter started shouting from
the bedroom. I rushed inside, thinking that she was
having a nightmare, but I was shocked to see the
lifeless body of my wife dangling from the ceiling.
She had hung herself.
"She had been exhibiting some strange behaviour
recently. One time she would be moody; the next,
she will just be looking at one direction. When you
call her she would not respond.
"I tried to know if she had any problem bothering
her, but she said she was okay. There was a time
she told my eldest daughter to take care of the
children that she would be going away. I thought
she was abandoning the marriage. I pleaded and
she promised to stay. She equally complained of
some health problems. I asked her to go for test
which she did."
The Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Esan
West, Mr. Akpoko Omuohowo, who confirmed the
incident, said the police were still investigating.
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