Teenage Girl Commits Suicide After Finding Out She's Pregnant

A girl who did not want the scorn of her family members committed suicide after finding out she was pregnant.

 

A student of Junior Secondary School, Bwari, Abuja has committed suicide after her elder brother made the discovery and reprimanded her for being pregnant.

 

According to her bereaved father, Malam Usman Danladi, a businessman who resides with his family at Kuchi Kon Bwari, a suburb in the area council, the death of his daughter is disturbing and worrisome.

  

It was gathered that the teenager had gotten herself pregnant, an action that threw the family into confusion and while they all reprimanded her, she locked herself in a store and killed herself.

 

The elder brother, Kabiru, narrated that he had summoned his mother and the eldest sister, Khadija to talk to the deceased when the realised she was pregnant out of wedlock.

 

“On getting home, I met my sister Aisha, kneeling down in front of my mum and elder sister and crying. I asked what the problem was and my mother told me that my sister Aisha was pregnant. I became furious and started beating her.

 

"She stood up and ran to the store where we keep our farm tools and locked the door. I knocked on the door but she refused to open it. I became agitated and forced the door open only to find Aisha’s lifeless body on the floor, foaming coming from her mouth.

 

"We immediately took her to the hospital only for the doctor to tell us that she died before getting to the hospital."

 

The 17-year-old's mother said she wouldn't cry for the dead child because she brought disgrace and shame to the family.