A jilted girl identified as Egoli in Asaba Community, Delta state,
reportedly committed suicide on Monday after she was jilted by her
fiancee of three years.
Leadership Newspaper reports that Egoli killed herself when it became
clear to her that her fiancé had gotten married to another girl in
Lagos.
Police Public Relations officer in the State, DSP Celestina Kalu who
confirmed the incident, said the girl, a graduate of Economics from the
University of Benin, had been waiting for her man for about three years
in Asaba.
She said that the girl was found dead in her room the following day
after she and her parents had retired to bed. Particles of drugs were
said to be found on her.
Her corpse has been sent for autopsy.
A family member who spoke to the newspaper, Mrs. Mabel Egbeide, said
she had complained bitterly about the story of the fiancé marrying
another girl in Lagos but her fears were dismissed before she went ahead
to take her life