Distraught Woman, 22, Commits Suicide In Calabar

By Musa Kutama, Calabar

A jeolous 22-year-old woman in Calabar, Cross River State identified as Miss Odama Mary Agado, has reportedly committed suicide after discovering her boyfriend was having an affair with another woman.

Our source revealed that Mary, who hailed from Woleche-Ipuole in Yahe Ward, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, was said to have injected herself with a poisonous substance suspected to be sniper, after the heartbreaking discovery.

Sources said the deceased, a hairstylist based in Enugu, who came visiting home in Calabar, had been doing well in her business and had recently bought a car and also rented an apartment for her boyfriend.

According to a family source simply identified as Daniel, the young woman became distraught when she visited her boyfriend last Friday only to find him with another lady in the apartment she had rented for him.

“She became very angry and left for her own apartment. There, she phoned her mother and told her what happened. She also said the mother to take whatever happened in good faith, and that she wouldn’t live again,” Daniel revealed.

The family source further mentioned that Mary’s mother, who reportedly had no airtime to call her daughter back, did not raise an alarm or alert neighbours until she later received a call that her daughter had taken a poisonous substance and was rushed to the hospital.

Efforts by doctors to save her life reportedly failed, and she was later confirmed dead in the evening. Her remains was conveyed to her village in Yala, where she was buried on Saturday.

“Immediately the body arrived, we dug a grave and buried her because she was too young to be kept for a customary burial ceremony. We are at a loss as to why she should take such action over a boyfriend. Some people be she was spiritually manipulated, but whatever it was, no blame game will bring her back,” Daniel said

The family did not report the matter to the police, insisting that she took her own life.