A 21-year-old girl identified as Kemi, at the weekend, committed suicide in Isale Asa Ilorin, Kwara State.
The
deceased, who was a fashion designer, allegedly took her own life with a
locally-made rat poison known as sole lasan following uncomplimentary
comments from her mother during a brawl.
A neighbour, who spoke
on condition of anonymity, said the girl and her mum had a quarrel on
Friday night and in the course of the brawl, Mummy Kemi, as her mom is
popularly called, referred to her daughter as “a complete failure and a
disgrace to the family”.
The neighbour said the deceased’s
mother, who operates a grinding machine nearby, went to her shop and
Kemi, who was unhappy with her mother’s comment, went into her room and
drank the poison.
“When Mummy Kemi came in about 30 minutes
later, she saw that Kemi was writhing in pains. She was said to have
raised the alarm,” the source said.
The source said sympathisers,
who suspected Kemi might have taken a poisonous substance, quickly
rushed her to a nearby hospital for medical attention but the doctors
there referred them to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
She died on her way to the teaching hospital.
Olufemi
Fabode, the State’s Police Command’s spokesperson, could not be reached
for confirmation as his mobile phone was switched off.
N:B This is so sad at the same time we all have to know that in this world people will always throw stones
in the path of our success, it depends on us... what we make from them a Wall or a Bridge
And mothers, watch what you say because they may come back to hurt you.
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