SUICIDE ATTEMPTS OR A NEW WAY OF BEGGING?

Woman In The Eye Of The Storm

There is a new trick in town. Not long ago, a mystery girl believed to be in her late 20s tried to kill herself along Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II. After that incident, another similar scenario played out right in front of the head quarters of the Nigerian Television Authority, area 11, Garki. But You kow what? There is now a new twist to the story following a similar incident recently at Maraba which seems to suggest the same character is behind all the suicide attempts.



The said  incidence which  happened during closing hours as workers were leaving their offices and consequently, vehicular and human traffic along the head quarters of the Nigerian Television Authority, Area 11 Garki were disrupted as this middle-aged woman occupied the centre of the road in protest against her alleged maltreatment at the hands of an erstwhile policeman who not only abducted her but also fathered her baby.

A passer-by to the rescue

According to the woman who is a native of Agbor in Delta State, she was taken hostage by a policeman who eventually got her pregnant but threw her and her baby out. Worst still, in an attempt to effectively silence her, the erstwhile policeman in connivance with her state governor had her locked up for over a year at Bwari.

Upon regaining her freedom, she vowed to seek justice and this resolve has seen her visit the popular Radio shows- Lean On Me and Berekete family respectively and now the premises of NTA head quarters Abuja. The reasons for her choice of staging this protest right in front of the NTA were not too clear but if anything, she achieved something quite tangible as she went home with a whooping sum of N 100,000. Yes, you heard me right.

Her weeping and wailing attracted many passers-by, one of whom took pity upon her after hearing her ordeal and gave her 100,000 to take care of herself. Before our eyes, she removed a thousand naira from the wrap and boarded a bus heading in her direction. From all indication she knew exactly what she was doing.

The worrying aspect now is that the same woman has been spotted again at a different location where she employed her emotionally laden trick to hoodwink unsuspecting sympathizers into path with their hard earned cash and valuables.

In the past we have seen able bodied men and women disguising as disable people in need of help just to make ends meet but this strategy of attempting suicide as a means of drawing attention to oneself is simply novel. The public is hereby warned to watch out for this lady.