13-year-old female help allegedly commits suicide in Calabar

By Modupe Shodeinde

A thirteen -year old girl, simply identified as Nseobong on Sunday evening hung herself beside her home at Diamond Hill, Calabar.

According FadFM Calabar publicist, Archibong Efefiom, the teen’s guardian had raised alarm over her disappearance. Neighbours gathered and embarked on a search only to discover her lifeless body dangling from a building.

He wrote,

“Tragedy struck this evening in Diamond Hill, Calabar, when one miss Nsebong, a young girl of 13 allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself beside her house. This occurred after she made countless trips to the scene just to make sure nobody was around to notice while she indulged in the act.

“She had initially sneaked out while her guardian who is an old retiree was busy with something, which she was also brought in to take care of her, after the aged woman waited for her to run few errands.

“She then raised an alarm to alert people about her disappearance, they searched fruitlessly in the house before they went out to continue the search around the building where they actually saw her lifeless body.

The aged woman confirmed that she was brought in by her children yesterday to help her out with errands and domestic duties.

It was gathered that although no trace of maltreatment or domestic violence was recorded as a prime reason for this act, the police were invited to carry out series of investigation to ascertain the root cause of the situation.