This woman was prevented from taking her own life by jumping into the Lagoon has revealed she was in debt and wanted to take her life over it. In an interview with TVC News, the old woman, who sells amala said she decided to end it all after her she was unable to pay a 150,000 Naira loan she obtained from a Microfinance bank.
She added that the shame and embarrassment would be too much for her to face.
Asked why she went with a little girl, she said it was to ensure that someone would tell the family that she had jumped inside the lagoon.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Fatai Owoseni, explained that the police is making efforts to confirm the woman’s story from the bank in order to help her pay the debt.
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