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A Pregnant teenager, Temitope Saka , has died after drinking insecticide , Sniper, in the Igando area of Lagos State.
The victim left behind a suicide note in which she allegedly blamed her grandma for her death.
Saka ’ s boyfriend reported the incident to the police at the Igando division , which led to the arrest of the woman.
It was learnt that the victim ’ s mother died when she was three years old .
A source explained that Saka , who was the only child of her parents, was taken to her grandmother ’ s house on Mofoluwasho Close , Alhaji Ede bus stop, Igando .
The source said ,
“ She had been living with her grandma since her mother died . The grandma is a trader in Ikotun, where the girl met her boyfriend , who is also a trader .
“ There were times that the girl brought the man home and he spent the night with her because the grandma went for vigils. ”
Another source said when the victim became pregnant , her grandma insisted she packed out of the house .
“ The woman insisted that she packed to her boyfriend ’ s house . She threw out her luggage and chased her away, ” he said .
Punch correspondent learnt that the victim drank the poison last Wednesday and began foaming in the mouth at her boyfriend ’ s house.
She was said to have been rushed to the Igando General Hospital where she died .
Her boyfriend , who saw the suicide note, was said to have reported the incident to the police .
A resident said,
“ The girl and the boyfriend loved each other . The man did not even reject the pregnancy.
“ The grandma probably chased her away because she could not stand the shame that the girl got pregnant out of wedlock .
“ Last Wednesday , while she was at the boyfriend ’ s house , she started foaming in the mouth and she was taken to the hospital.
“ The boyfriend found a suicide note where she accused her grandma of causing her death. He reported to the police .
“ The police took the note and arrested the woman. She was in tears at the bus stop as she kept saying she didn’ t mean any harm. It was a sad sight . ”
A woman on the street told our correspondent that Saka was her parents’ only child .
Punch
