A 16-year-old girl, Maryam Samuel has allegedly committed suicide at Kaltungo community in Kaltungo, Gombe State.
The spokesman of the State Police command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident on Saturday in Gombe, said the girl committed suicide by hanging on a tree.
He said the incident occurred on March 14, barely 24 hours after the deceased left home to fetch firewood.
On Friday at approximately 9:00 a.m., a case of suicide was reported to the Kaltungo Divisional Headquarters by the village head of Kalarin.
“The deceased later identified as Maryam Samuel, 16 years old from Kalarin ward was seen hanged with rope on a tree at Kalarin mountain without any marks of violence found on her body,” he said.
Abdullahi stated that the body was transferred to the General Hospital Kaltungo.
He said that preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased left home on Thursday to fetch firewood from the nearby bush, adding that further investigation would unravel the root cause of the unfortunate incident.
However, a source at the deceased’s family, who pleaded anonymity, alleged that the girl was pregnant by her boyfriend, a development which enraged her parents.
The source states that Maryam had been visiting her boyfriend and was confirmed to be pregnant during a conversation between her parents and the boyfriend.
NAN
