A middle-aged mother of three children have reportedly committed suicide in Enugu State.
The woman took her life on Saturday, March 02, due to unbearable economic hardship and rising cost of living in the country, according to some sources.
It was gathered that the woman had earlier gone to the Ogui Police Station in the Enugu North Local Government Area of the state and reportedly dropped her three kids, without leaving a word with anyone.
One of the eyewitnesses disclosed that the woman, who was said to have become depressed over the current high cost of living in the country, stripped herself naked, came out of the station situated along Ogui Road and ran into a moving vehicle.
“The vehicle instantly crushed her to death, leaving the children who are below six years motherless,” the source added.
A senior police officer, who witnessed the incident, while speaking with a journalist, said when the eldest of the children was asked about their father, she simply said, “Our father got lost.”
Meanwhile, the wife of Enugu State governor, Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah, has undertaken to sponsor the children’s living and education.
Mbah’s wife said their education would be undertaken through her Custos Care Foundation.
She said this when she paid an unscheduled visit to the Ogui Police Station, where the children were kept in custody.
She appealed to people who are depressed to seek help and go for counselling to avoid taking drastic decisions.
She also urged the Commissioner for Ministry of Children, Gender and Social Development, Mrs Ngozi Enih, to intensify sensitisation and counselling of people, especially depressed persons to help them come out of the situation.
