Woman drops suicide note,disappears

The whereabouts of a mother of three, said to have
walked out of her Fola Agoro home in Somolu area of
the state with one of her sons after leaving a suicide
note, was still unknown at press time.
She had complained to a relative that her business had
gone bad due to the exchange rate and that her debts
had risen beyond redemption.
Tension has heightened over the disappearance of a
mother of three and single parent, Olubunmi Uko.

Uko, a businesswoman, reportedly walked out of her
home last Friday evening with her last child, identified
as Seun. She reportedly woke up her other children and
informed them that she was going to visit someone.
The older children, Iyiola and Toni, allegedly woke up
later to find a suicide note written by their mother.
A relative, who simply gave his name as Folu, told
Vanguard: “She addressed the suicide note to her
children, her mother and to any other person
concerned. She said nobody should bother to look for
her, that she was going to jump into the river and end
it all.
“She said she was tired of life. She also said that by
the time the letter would be seen, she would have
ended inside the belly of a shark.
“She had always complained of dwindling business due
to high exchange rate. At a point, she complained that
she owed people and had no means to pay back. She
also said that she borrowed half a million naira to
offset the loan, but decided to use it on her business
with the hope to realise some gain, but that the money
ended up sinking in the business.”
Vanguard gathered that prayer sessions are ongoing at
different prayer centres for her safe return.
Another relative, Mimnimah Uko, who identified the
missing woman as her cousin-in-law, wondered why
she would allow herself to be overwhelmed by the
issues of life to the extent of taking such decision as
solution.
The relative said: “Our prayer is for God to have mercy
by ensuring her safe return and that of her son, Seun.
We are imploring Nige-rians to please join us to pray.”