Pregnant woman commits suicide in Edo

A middle aged woman from Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government council of Edo State identified as Ometere Aduga has reportedly committed suicide on Monday by hanging herself with a rope tied to the ceiling fan in their family apartment for yet unknown reasons.

She was said not to have dropped any note.

The mother of one whose husband is said not be resident in the State was said to be two months pregnant for a yet to be identified person.

A reason some adduced could be responsible for the act owing to possible case of infidelity.

She is the daughter of the principal of a foremost secondary school in Igarra.

Eye witness account said the victim had few days ago visited a private hospital in the town where she was said to have told the hospital personnel of her intention to commit suicide because of the reported pregnancy.

She was said to have been counselled against it and told to report back on Monday for medical examination and more counselling.

But on the said day (Monday), she was said to have dropped her son with a neighbour with the excuse she was going to have her bath but after waiting endlessly.

The neighbour was said to have went into their apartment only for her to see her completely naked body dangling from the rope tied to the ceiling fan.

She was said to have used a stool in the room to tie herself and then kicked the stool with her legs.

A source close to the family told Nation ; “Ometere was a very brilliant girl who was a 300 level medical student at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma but she was advised to withdraw due to health reasons.

“She had some mental disorder. She later recovered and got to married but her husband is not from here and she has been staying with her parents.

“One cannot really say what could have led to her committing suicide whether it was as a result of the pregnancy which is believed may not be her husband’s or a relapse of her mental illness” .

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Hilary Udoh confirmed the incident.

“Yes it is true but the parents said it has happened and they have taken it in good faith. They are not suspecting any foul play”

Governor Nyako has been in the bad books of the lawmakers ever since he left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Details of Wednesday’s proceedings at the Assembly are still foggy but this latest move by the state’s legislature brings to fore the frosty relationship between the executive and the legislature in the Northeastern state.
The political nature in the state was heated up last Wednesday when the Assembly ordered the arrest of four commissioners for their failure to appear before the lawmakers to answer questions on the state’s finances. At plenary that Thursday, the Deputy Speaker, Kwamoti Laori (PDP-Numan), who presided, directed the state Commissioner of Police to arrest commissioners who failed to show up and bring them before the House on Monday by 10 am.
The affected commissioners were that of health, Lilian Stephen; commerce, Ahmed Gorko; agriculture, Lucy Ishaku; and land and survey, Abdulrahman Shuaibu. The Assembly, which acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Secretary to the State Government, Kobis Thimnu, over his inability to honour the Thursday invitation, asked him to appear unfailingly on Monday. The commissioner for Finance, Ibrahim Vokna, his counterpart for Works, Umaru Atiku, and the state Accountant General, Nasir Mohammed, had earlier appeared before the House.
The Assembly had on May 27 given Governor Nyako and his government an ultimatum of three days to pay back an alleged illegal deductions made from workers’ salaries and allowances of May 2014 in the state. The development fueled speculation in the state that the Assembly was bent on sacking the governor.
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