Culled from Punch
A 35-year-old woman, identified as
Ejobosele 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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