The 14-year-old girl pictured above identified as Anita Haledu Ibrahim is reported to have committed suicide over an unwanted pregnancy.
According to The Nation, Anita is a student of Government Science school Andaha near Akwanga, and she took herbicide to kill herself on Saturday, July 11.
She was impregnated by her boyfriend who she met in Andaha during the COVID-19 lockdown. They became intimate and she got pregnant. Anita informed him she was pregnant with their child and he initially fled the village to Abuja but after her parents made contacts with him, he accepted the pregnancy and also showed interest to marry her.
Anita however
decided to take her life after her father, Haledu Ibrahim, beat her up over the
pregnancy. She took the herbicide on Saturday and was immediately rushed
to a hospital in Akwanga where she died in the early hours of today July
14.
Her family members
are currently preparing for her funeral.