by Oge Okonkwo

A 25-year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide on Sunday at her residence No 33, Ereko St. Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State after taking a meal of pap, mixed with shaving powder at dinner.

The shaving powder reportedly belonged to her husband, Ahmed Abdullai, a driver and member of the Epe Unit of the National Union of Road Transport Workers who was said to be  away when the incident occurred.

According to Abdul, a friend of the deceased, Mrs. Abdullai, mother of a 5-year-old boy,was allegedly found vomiting into a bucket which was by her side after taking the poisonous substance.

Leadership reports:

Abdul, who was in tears while speaking to newsmen, accused the neighbours of not coming to the aid of the deceased while she was groaning.

He berated the neighbours for not coming to assist the lady, although her room was wide open.

Abdullahi told newsmen that he was shocked when he returned home to see the wife’s lifeless body.

‘’I forced the door open because she didn’t respond when I started knocking,’’ he said.

The chief medical director, Ijebu-Ode General Hospital, Dr Wellington Ogunsanya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that drinking shaving powder could not result to immediate death as claimed.

According to him, it will take a period of three or more days before death can set in, if the condition is not treated on time.

Ogunsanya said that there might have been other underlying factors that led to the woman’s death.

The Area Commander of the Igbeba Police Division in Ijebu-Ode, ACP. Abdullahu Mudasiru, confirmed the incident.