Residents of Achalla -Umana,
mgbakwu in Awka North local government area of Anambra state were thrown into
mourning on recently, when a 66-year old woman committed suicide in her room.
The deceased, identified as Uzoaku, a
mother of two, was said to have hung herself with a rope which she suspended on
the burglary proof of the window in her room.
imiror gathered that the deceased was cooking in the
kitchen around 4pm, when she suddenly abandoned the food and dashed to the
bedroom where she took her life.
A neighbor, Isaac Umeh, who described the
incident as regrettable, wondered why a grandmother would take such drastic
decision.
He said the deceased was
alone at home when the ugly incident happened.
“Nobody was around except her. The food she
was cooking was still on fire when she suddenly abandoned it and rushed into
the room where she used a rope to hang herself on a window protector.
“The whole thing is still a shock to us
because nobody believed a woman of her age with grand children can take her
life that way,” he said.
The younger brother to the deceased,
Fredrick Nwenu, who accommodated her while alive, said the news came to him as
a shock, insisting that there was no reason for her elder sister to take her
life, having trained her two children to university level.
“She has two children who are university
graduates. In fact, the daughter is happily married with kids. So she has no
reason whatsoever to commit suicide” he added.
When our correspondent visited the
residence of the deceased, sympathizers were trooping in in their numbers to
condole with the family.
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