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Jilted woman commits suicide in lover’s house
Residents of Aku Village, a suburb in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, were thrown into panic and mourning last week as a middle age woman and mother of 2 kids committed suicide after she discovered her jobless boy friend she had spent her fortunes on was married to another woman.
A neighbor told our correspondent that the deceased who is a native of Amukwa in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state divorced her husband in whom she had two kids three years ago to seek greener pasture in the city.
The lady simply identified as Onyinye, was staying with one of her relations in Aku village, a suburb in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state where she fell in love with the Tiv man from Benue state who promised to marry her.
According to our source, the late Onyinye engaged in petty trade which she used the proceed s in financing the relationship.
“I do not know her surname because the person she was staying with is one of her relations, but I know that she is from Enugu state. She came to this village few years ago. About a year now to be precise, we started noticing her close relationship with one Tiv man whom we understand has promised her marriage. The woman as far as I am concerned is known for her hard work. She sells this babara nut cake popularly known as ‘okpa’. She used this business to maintain herself and finance the relationship because I understand that the man is jobless for some time now,” he explained.
Asked what led to her action, our source said “on Wednesday, she paid an unscheduled visit to her man friend and to her greatest shock she met another woman in the house who claimed to be the legitimate wife. Onyinye thought the other woman was joking, but the man later confirmed what the woman has said.
Our source further revealed that “On hearing that the man has another woman, she left the house and went straight to unknown spot and took a poison. She came back after a few minutes and die in the man’s house.”
Our correspondent also gathered that as soon as Onyinye’s death was confirmed the alleged man friend ran to the police for fear of mob attack, stressing that the man is in one of the police stations in the area.
A police officer at Aku police post who would not want his name mentioned confirmed the incidence but declined further comment on the matter.
All effort made to speak to the relations of the deceased proved abortive, even as some of them insisted that it is only the mother who could comment on the matter.
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