Breaking: 14-Year-Old Pregnant Girl Commits Suicide
Anita Haledu Ibrahim a fourteen-year-old girl of Angwan Dorowa Gbuja, in Akwanga LGA of Nassarawa state, has committed suicide over an unwanted pregnancy.
It was revealed by an investigation that the deceased, who is a student of Government Science School Andaha, near Akwanga, took herbicide to kill herself.
It was further gathered she was pregnant for her boyfriend whom she met in Andaha during the COVID-19 lockdown, who was introduced to her by her closest friend in the school. When the guy discovered that Anita was pregnant, he sneaked out of the village to Abuja but Anita’s parents made efforts to contact him and he accepted responsibility, expressing willingness to marry her.
It was learned the lady decided to take her life after her father, Haledu Ibrahim, discovered the pregnancy and beat her. It was also gathered Anita took the herbicide last Saturday but was rushed to the hospital in Akwanga.
She died in the early hours of Tuesday. When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer, Nansel Ramhan, said he was yet to receive official report from the Akwanga division.
Ayooluwa Joshua