Lagos Building Collapse: Woman Commits Su*cide After Losing Two Children

A mother, who lost two children in last Wednesday Lagos building
collapse has reportedly committed suicide after she received news
of the death of the children. It was learnt that she gave birth to
the two children, who were between the ages of six and four,
through Caesarean Section (CS).

According to an online news channel, Sahara Reporters, some
residents of the area who narrated the incident said she bought a
bottle of insecticide called ‘Sniper’.

“Nobody knew what she wanted to do with the Sniper. But a few
minutes later, we saw the bottle beside her where she was sleeping
and we found out that she was already dead,” a neighbour, who
preferred not to be named, said.

Sympathisers thronged their house in Gambari area of the Island
where she lived with her husband to condole with the husband and
family members.

Meanwhile, a mother, Yetunde, whose son was injured, has been
too traumatised by the sight of the boy lying critically on the
hospital bed, that she has not sat down for over nine hours.

She was seen moving from one corner of the Lagos Island General
Hospital to the other in search of the prescribed drugs and other
needs demanded by the doctors.

The boy survived the injuries and his two legs are in Plaster of
Paris (POP).

Recollecting the event of the past 24 hours, Yetunde said she
was the person who dressed the boy for school. She had already left
the house when she received a call that the school, which her son
attended, had caved in, leaving many children trapped. She called
on well-meaning Nigerians to pray for the speedy recovery of her
son.