Pregnant woman discovers boyfriend is married, poisons self in Anambra
Afnews Editor
Mar 20, 2020
A 20-year-old woman in Anambra State on Thursday tried to kill herself after discovering that her boyfriend is a married man.
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The woman, identified as Oluchi Akabilo from Obosi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, allegedly took a liquid substance suspected to be poison to kill herself.
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She was later rescued and arrested by the police for attempted suicide.
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The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident.
He said, "On the 19/3/2020 at about 4pm, there was a report at Awada Police Station that a young girl later identified as one Oluchi Akabilo, 20, of Azia Street, Ngbuka-Obosi, allegedly drank a liquid substance suspected to be insecticide in a bid to take her own life.
"The young girl allegedly got pregnant in a relationship with one Chinedu, surname unknown, who unknown to her is married with children.
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"She became devastated upon the discovery of the marital status of her boyfriend. And to make matters worst, she was abandoned by the same man.
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"The victim decided to buy poison to kill herself with part of the N10,000 allegedly given to her by the boyfriend to abort the pregnancy.
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"She was rushed to the Hospital in Onitsha by the Police for medical attention and doctors are making frantic efforts to save her life.
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"Investigation into the incident has commenced and effort is ongoing to get the fleeing boyfriend apprehended in order to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.ÔÇØ
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— Afnews Editor