By Amah
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A 16-year-old girl, Maryam Samuel, has allegedly committed suicide in the Kaltungo community in Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State.
Maryam was found hanging on a tree with a rope tied to her neck barely 24 hours after she left home to fetch firewood.
Spokesman of the Gombe State Police Command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said the girl committed suicide by hanging on a tree.
Abdullahi explained further that the incident occurred on March 14, barely 24 hours after the deceased left home to fetch firewood.
“On Friday, at about 9:00 a.m., a case of suicide was reported at Kaltungo Divisional Headquarters by the village head of Kalarin.
“The deceased, later identified as Maryam Samuel, a 16-year-old girl from Kalarin ward, was seen hanged with rope on a tree near the Kalarin mountain without any marks of violence found on her body,” he said.
Abdullahi said the corpse had been deposited at the General Hospital Kaltungo.
The police spokesman said that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased left home on Thursday to fetch firewood from the nearby bush, adding that further investigation would unravel the root cause of the incident.
However, a source close to the deceased’s family alleged that the girl was impregnated by her boyfriend, a development which enraged her parents.
The source said further that during an interaction between the parents and the boyfriend, she was discovered to have been visiting her lover and got pregnant. (NAN)
