Two women prevented from suicide mission in Lagos
Two women who individually decided to take their lives by diving into the Lagos Lagoon have been rescued, confirming the rising spate of suicide mission in the state.
Recall that one Dr. Orji last Sunday took his life through the same means, with his body only recently recovered while another body discovered in the lagoon is yet to be identified.
Mrs. Abigael Ogunyinka 64, one of the women who was rescued said she lives in Alakuko and trades in Sango Ota, but has a debt of N150,000 and a stroke ridden husband at home, hence the decision to take her life.
The second lady, Taiwo Momoh, 58, a textile dealer in Lagos Island, had reportedly put off her shoes and was wrapping her dress around her when men of RRS men prevented her from jumping.
Momoh, who lives in Lekki Lagos, disclosed to RSS officials that she was pushed to committing suicide in order to put an end to her constant sleeplessness and shame occasioned by her indebtedness to three Swiss textile dealers.
She said her problem started sometimes in 2015, when a Bureau de Change dealer carted away her N18.7 million she wanted to change to pay her foreign creditors.
“As you are seeing me like this, well dressed, you would think am living fine. But in my heart is a heavy burden. A burden of huge debt, disappointment from trusting people and abandoned by a son I love and bought a car for. I am a moving corpse,” Momoh stated.
