Sad: 8-year-old girl allegedly commits suicide in Enugu, Nsukk

Residents of Ofulonu in Nsukka, Enugu State have been gripped with

shock following the mysterious death of an 8-year-old girl identified

as Chiemerie Asadu.

We gathered that the girl reportedly committed suicide Monday afternoon.

Sympathizers who trooped to the scene in their numbers stood

speechless as nobody could adduce reason behind the alleged suicide,

considering the age of the deceased.



A resident, who expressed utter shock over the incident told us that

she saw the girl full of life in the morning.

"I am terribly surprised because I saw that girl playing with other

children when I was going to the market in the morning.

"I wonder what will make a girl of eight to commit suicide. Another

thing that surprises me is that the two legs of the victim are on the

ground, which is not normal when one commits suicide, the legs should

be hanging up.

"I urge the police and relevant security agencies to investigate that

suicide, even the rope on the neck of the victim is not strong enough

to kill her.

"If you look at that rope, you will understand what I am saying. So, I

think there is a cover-up here; the police investigation will unravel

the real circumstance behind the death", she said.

Meanwhile, Mr David Ajibo said the victim, daughter of his brother

in-law, was living with him.

According to him, "This girl has been staying with us since her father

died. I am shocked; I don't know what to say; only God knows what

happened.

"She was hale and hearty when I left the house in the morning and I

wonder what will make a small girl of eight to commit suicide".

When contracted, the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command,

Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident to DailyPost said "the

police have commenced investigations into the sudden and unnatural

death that occurred on 10/03/14 at about 3.20pm at Ofulonu Nsukka,

where a little girl of about eight years hanged herself dead in the

bathroom.

"Corpse of the deceased is now deposited at Bishop Shanahan Mortuary

at Nsukka just as investigations are intensified to unravel the

circumstances surrounding the incident".