Mother Of Twins Commits Suicide 4 Months After Giving Birth
A nursing
mother has committed suicide, four months after giving birth to a set of twins,
on Oremerin Street, Ladilak, Somolu, Lagos State.
The woman,
Mrs. Muji Kazeem, a hairdresser, was found dead in a well on Tuesday morning.
The well was located two houses to the apartment that Muji and her husband,
Adewale, were staying.
Our
correspondent, who visited the Kazeems, learnt that the twins came after five
years of marriage.
Kazeem,
28, said his wife was found dead in the well two days after she was declared
missing.
He said,
“We were together on Sunday night having prayers around 9.30pm. Then, the
babies started crying, so I told her to go and breast-feed them.
“By the
time I finished praying, she had slept off with the twins on the bed. I spread
a mat on the floor by the entrance and slept off.
“Muji woke
up around 11.30pm and went outside. One of my friends told me that he saw her
at that time taking cool air before he went inside to sleep.”
Kazeem
said he was awaken by the wailing of the twins around 1am. He said he searched
for their mother without success.
When the
day broke, Kazeem raised the alarm that his wife was missing. The neighbourhood
was said to have been thrown into confusion as a search party was organised to
look for her without success. The matter was later reported at the Pedro Police
Station.
Kazeem
said, “We saw her clothes near the well on Monday night and became hopeful. We
intensified prayers for her. But it was 7am the following day that a
woman, who wanted to draw water from the well, observed that the drawer did not
get water. She got a torchlight, pointed it down the well and saw the swollen
corpse of my wife.”
He said
Muji had been buried at the Atan Cemetry at Yaba in line with Islamic rites.
“We buried
her at the Atan Cemetery after obtaining police report. My mother has taken the
babies for care,” he said.
Kazeem
described his late wife as a gentle and cheerful woman, who never fought or
quarrelled with anyone since he met her.
He said,
“We have never had any reason to fight or disagree. I don’t know if she
offended anyone who decided not to forgive her. But for me, I have taken this
as my destiny.”
However, PUNCH
Metro learnt that the deceased had been depressed a few days before her
death.
A source
within the area, said the 25-year-old mother, could sometimes be lost in
thought for several hours and would not respond to greetings until people
shouted at her.
The state
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, promised to get back to our
correspondent when she was contacted on the telephone.
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