Lagos Building Collapse: Woman commits suicide after losing two children

A mother, who lost her two children in the collapsed structure on Wednesday, committed suicide after she received news of the death of the children.

The woman, it was learnt, gave birth to the two children, who were between the ages of six and four, through Caesarean Section (CS).

When our correspondent visited her house at Gambari area of the Island, her husband refused to speak. However, some neighbours said the woman bought a bottle of insecticide called ‘Sniper’.

“Nobody knew what she wanted to do with the Sniper. But a few minutes later we saw the bottle beside her where she was sleeping.

By the time people got there she was already dead,” a neighbour, who craved anonymity, said.

New Telegraph, Friday 15, March.

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