There is confusion in a part of Makurdi, Benue State, as a nine-year-old girl has allegedly died by suicide.
The girl, whose name has not been made public, appeared to have hanged herself inside the bathroom of of the house of a woman who lived with.
According to the state police, the incident occurred off Bem Hotel Road, Ankpa Quarters area of the capital city.
“At about 1130hours, a report was received that girl, 9, was found hanged in the bathroom. Her corpse has been deposited at St. Theresa Hospital morgue.
“The case is under investigation. Further development will be communicated to you in due course please,” Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Catherine Anene said.
According to ‘The Punch’, the young girl was staying with a prophetess of a Pentecostal church alongside her children.
The body of the girl was said to have been found in the early hours of the day on the floor of their bathroom with a wrapper tied around her neck suggesting that she might have used the wrapper to carry out the suicide.
As of the time our correspondent visited the premises which also houses a church allegedly being run by the prophetess, she was said to have gone to the police headquarters in connection with the case.
