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Rukayat Taiwo, a 15 year old girl has reportedly committed suicide in a bid to escape being beaten by her mother. The incident happened at 31 Adeez Hgori Street Jakande, in Okokomaiko area of Lagos
Rukayat was confirmed dead at the Iganmu General Hospital in Lagos. It was said she drank a strong insecticide known as Sniper.
Reports said she fled home on Sunday after her mother threatened to beat her. She returned home at night and complained of severe stomach ache. She was rushed to Agatha Hospital within the area ,and was later referred to Iganmu General Hospital.
At the hospital, she reportedly revealed that she took Sniper. She, however, passed out before the substance could be evacuated from her system.
Some residents, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, said they saw her last Sunday evening, playing with her friends in the compound.
“Later she left and came back at about 8pm, writhing in pains. Some people said they saw her with the empty container of sniper but they did not suspect she drank the content.”
“She was an abiku. She only used that means to accomplish her mission because her time on earth was up,” another resident, who gave her name as Ramoni Ojo, claimed.
“At the hospital, she told her mother and those that were with her that she drank sniper to avoid being beaten but that she did not know it would harm her,” She added