The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, mentioned it prevented a 19-year-old woman from killing herself with a substance suspected to be insecticide after shedding her hard-earned cash to a fraudster and being deserted by the person who impregnated her within the Ikorodu space of Lagos State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the event in an announcement on Thursday, mentioned policemen hooked up to the Ikorodu Space Command rescued the girl following a tip-off.
He mentioned, “Officers from Ikorodu Space Command have rescued a 19-year-old woman who was on the verge of committing suicide.
“On June 29, 2024, round 2 pm, a involved citizen knowledgeable police authorities a couple of younger woman who was making an attempt to commit suicide by ingesting a dangerous chemical…
“Promptly responding to the tip-off, officers had been dispatched to the scene the place the woman was situated and prevented from inflicting herself hurt.”
Hundeyin defined that after rescuing the girl, she confessed that emotional misery influenced her determination to consider making an attempt suicide.
He mentioned, “She revealed that she was impregnated by a person who subsequently refused to take duty for the being pregnant.
“Moreover, she had fallen sufferer to a fraudster who scammed her of her earnings from her Level of Sale enterprise, additional compounding her emotional and monetary struggles.
“The younger girl is presently receiving obligatory psychological help whereas the investigation is underway to determine and apprehend all people concerned in her predicament.
The command additionally needs to spotlight the significance of psychological well being consciousness and encourages anybody going through comparable challenges to hunt assist promptly.”
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