A 39-year-old woman, Lilian Nwarache, has taken her own life by drinking an insecticide on Friday in the Iwaya area of Lagos State.
The Lagos State Police Command confirmed this, with sources saying she killed herself over an illness.
Nwarache was reported to have been suffering from a protracted illness and had been seeking a cure in a church in Iwaya, but became frustrated by the condition and drank a full bottle of insecticide on November 3, 2023.
The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said three passports belonging to the deceased were found in her bag, alongside her Samsung phone.
Hundeyin, a Superintendent of Police, said: “It was reported on Friday, around 2pm, at the Sabo Police Station, that a woman, 39-year-old, with an unknown address, committed suicide.
“She had been having a protracted illness and visited a church for prayers.
“But while in the frustrating condition, she drank a full bottle of a popular brand of insecticide and was making frantic efforts to jump into the canal.
“She was prevented and rushed to the health centre, Iwaya, where she was confirmed dead by a medical doctor on duty.
“Detectives were immediately sent to the scene.
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“Photographs were taken, the insecticide plastic containing little content, her three passports and one Samsung phone were recovered in her small bag.
“Her corpse has been removed and deposited at the Lagos Mainland Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
“Efforts are in progress to contact her family members and preliminary investigation is also in progress.”