Anambra Residents Thrown Into Mourning After A Mother Was Found Hanging From A Suicide Rope

Anambra Residents Thrown Into Mourning After A Mother Was Found Hanging From A Suicide Rope

The residents of Mgbakwu community in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, were over the weekend, thrown into mourning when an industrious woman was found hanging from a suicide rope.

 

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A 66-year-old woman simply identified as Uzoaku, who is the mother of two unemployed graduates, on Saturday took her own life after she hanged herself in Mgbakwu, in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

It was gathered that the deceased was cooking in her kitchen around 4pm when she suddenly abandoned the food and dashed to the bedroom where she allegedly took her life, was seen hanging from a suicide rope which she tied to the burglary-proof bars of the window in her room.

According to PUNCH Metro, the deceased had complained to some people that she was angry that her two children, who graduated some years back, had not got any job.

While speaking to a correspondent, villager, Uche Aniuno, said, “I saw her about four days ago. She expressed bitterness over the unemployment situation of her two children who graduated some years back. But I didn’t know that could lead her to this situation.

“She was a hard-working woman and I won’t say she was poor. One of her daughters is married with children. We are all surprised that she ended this way.”

Also soeaking, the younger brother of the deceased, Fredrick Nwenu, told some journalists that his sister had no reason to take her life, adding that he accommodated her late sister for some time.

The man who disclosed that the news came to him as a shock, said, “My sister had no reason to do this, having trained her two children to university level.

“She had two children who are university graduates. Her daughter is happily married with kids. So, she had no reason whatsoever to commit suicide.”

A neigbour, Isaac Umeh, who described the incident as regrettable, wondered why a grandmother would take such a decision. He said the deceased was alone at home when the incident happened.

He said, “Nobody was around that time. The food she was cooking was still on the fire when she suddenly rushed into the room where she used a rope to hang herself.

“The whole thing is still a mystery to us because nobody believed a woman of her age with grandchildren could take her own life.”