From Musa Muhammad Kutama, Calabar
A 22-year-old woman, identified as Miss Odama Mary Agado, has reportedly taken her own life in Calabar, Cross River State, after discovering that her boyfriend was having an affair with another woman in Enugu, the Enugu State capital.
Sources told The Triumph correspondent that Mary, a hairstylist based in Enugu, allegedly ingested a poisonous substance suspected to be Sniper shortly after finding her lover with another woman in the apartment she had rented for him.
Mary, who hailed from Woleche-Ipuole in Yahe Ward, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, was said to have been doing well in her hairdressing business. She reportedly bought a car and rented an apartment for her boyfriend before the incident.
A family source, identified as Daniel, told our correspondent that the deceased became distraught after visiting her boyfriend last Friday and meeting another lady in his apartment.
“She became very angry and left for her own apartment. There, she called her mother and told her what happened. She also said her mother should take whatever happened in good faith, that she would not live again,” Daniel said.
According to him, Mary’s mother, who reportedly had no airtime to call her back, did not raise an alarm until she later received a call that her daughter had taken a poisonous substance and was rushed to the hospital.
Despite efforts by doctors to save her life, Mary was confirmed dead later that evening. Her remains were taken to her village in Yala, where she was buried on Saturday.
“Immediately the body arrived, we dug a grave and buried her because she was too young to be kept for a customary burial ceremony. We are at a loss as to why she should take such an action over a boyfriend. Some people say she was spiritually manipulated, but whatever it was, no blame game will bring her back,” Daniel added.
The family did not report the matter to the police, insisting that she took her own life.
