A sexagenarian in Mgbakwu village in Awka North local government area of Anambra State, who was cooking food at 4 p.m. on Saturday, abandoned the food to take her life.
It was learnt that Uzoaku walked into her bedroom where she had tied a rope to the burglary-proof bars of the window to allegedly commit suicide, thus sending shock waves down the spines of the villagers.
Punch Metroline gathered that the deceased, a mother of two unemployed graduates, complained to some people that she was angry that her two children, who graduated some years back, had not got any job.
Uche Aniuno, a villager, said, “I saw her about four days ago. She expressed bitterness over the unemployment situation of her two children who graduated some years back. But I didn’t know that could lead her to this situation.
“She was a hard-working woman and I won’t say she was poor. One of her daughters is married with children. We are all surprised that she ended this way.”
But the younger brother of the deceased, Fredrick Nwenu, told some journalists that his sister had no reason to take her life.
Nwenu, who said he accommodated her late sister for some time, said the news came to him as a shock.
He said, “My sister had no reason to do this, having trained her two children to university level.
“She had two children who are university graduates. Her daughter is happily married with kids. So, she had no reason whatsoever to commit suicide.”
The community was thrown into mourning when the news of the suicide spread, as many described her as an industrious woman.
Isaac Umeh, a neigbour, who described the incident as regrettable, wondered why a grandmother would take such a decision.
He said the deceased was alone at home when the incident happened.
He said, “Nobody was around that time. The food she was cooking was still on the fire when she suddenly rushed into the room where she used a rope to hang herself.
“The whole thing is still a mystery to us because nobody believed a woman of her age with grand-children could take her own life.”
When our correspondent visited the residence of the deceased, sympathisers were still trooping in in large numbers to offer condolences to the family.
Calls made to Nkeiruka Nwode, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, rang out. A text message sent to her had also yet to be replied to as of press time.
