Pregnant 17-year-old commits suicide, blames grandmother

A 17-year-old girl, Temitope Saka, has died after drinking insecticide, Sniper, in the Igando area of Lagos State.

According to The Punch the deceased blamed her grandmother for her death in a suicide note.

The incident was reported to the Igando division of the Police by Temitope’s boyfriend which led to the arrest of the woman.

According to a source, the deceased had been leaving with her grandmother on Mofoluwasho Close, Alhaji Ede bus stop, Igando, since her mother died when she was three years old.

The source said, “She had been living with her grandma since her mother died. The grandma is a trader in Ikotun, where the girl met her boyfriend, who is also a trader.

“There were times that the girl brought the man home and he spent the night with her because the grandma went for vigils.”

Another source said when the victim became pregnant, her grandma insisted she packed out of the house.

“The woman insisted that she packed to her boyfriend’s house. She threw out her luggage and chased her away,” he said.

The victim drank the poison last Wednesday and began foaming in the mouth at her boyfriend’s house.

She was said to have been rushed to the Igando General Hospital where she died.

Her boyfriend, who saw the suicide note, was said to have reported the incident to the police.

A resident said, “The girl and the boyfriend loved each other. The man did not even reject the pregnancy.

“The grandma probably chased her away because she could not stand the shame that the girl got pregnant out of wedlock.

“Last Wednesday, while she was at the boyfriend’s house, she started foaming in the mouth and she was taken to the hospital.

“The boyfriend found a suicide note where she accused her grandma of causing her death. He reported to the police.

“The police took the note and arrested the woman. She was in tears at the bus stop as she kept saying she didn’t mean any harm. It was a sad sight.”

An female resident on the street said Temitope was her parents’ only child.

She said, “Out of all the women her father married, it was only her mother that had a child and she was the only child. She was the hope of the family. Now that she is dead, that hope is gone.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Temitope’s death.

She said, “The victim allegedly drank a substance suspected to be Sniper insecticide.

“She was rushed to the Igando General Hospital for treatment; but she died. Her corpse has been deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy. Investigation is still ongoing.”

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