The suicide syndrome Nigeria is witnessing took another dimension on Monday when a17-year-old girl, Sadiya Shehu, committed suicide in Kano State.
‘Daily Trust’ reports that the incident happened in Tudun Murtala quarters, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
She died as a result of consuming insecticide locally known as pia-pia kept in her mother’s room for the purpose of repelling mosquitoes and other insects.
Father of the deceased, Malam Shehu A Lawan, was said to have confirmed that late Sadiya committed suicide as a result of “a minor problem” that happened between him and her mother on Sunday which was later settled that very day.
“I had a problem with her mother over which she was not happy. She was crying and I told her that everything was over.
“I woke up early and left Sadiya and her siblings hale and hearty but unfortunately, while I was at my place of work, I received a call that she was rushed to hospital. The doctors tried their best to revive her but, as Allah Has decreed, she passed away,” he said.
When asked whether late Sadiya was proposed for marriage by anybody, Lawal confirmed that she had a suitor who proposed to marry her, saying that “in fact the last time I spoke with him about their marriage, he promised that he would send his parents to us to conclude the arrangement for their wedding as soon as his father returns to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia.
“Unfortunately, as God would have it, this marriage could not be contracted as the bride to be has gone forever.”
