A 41-year-old woman identified as
Shakirat Rasheed on Friday, committed suicide in Adeosun area of Apete a surbub
of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Rasheed was said to have
reportedly hanged herself after her friend whom she stood for as guarantor
failed to repay a loan taken from a microfinance bank.
Her friend allegedly took the
loan from a micro finance bank popularly known as LAPO.
It was gathered that Rasheed
reportedly stood as a guarantor for her friend who obtained a loan from LAPO
office at Awotan area, but the friend was said to have been at large, forcing
the guarantor to be paying the loan in bits.
Sources added that the loan
“caused Mrs Rasheed’s depression and she seemed unable to bear the problem any
longer, especially when officials of the micro-finance bank reportedly called
her on Friday to see them in their office.”
The Divisional Police Officer in
charge of Apete police station led detectives to the scene of the incident.
It was further gathered that the
family said that there would be need to perform some rituals before the body
could be detached from the rope hanging on it from the ceiling.
Commissioner of Police, Shina
Olukolu, confirmed the story.
He said that preliminary
investigation indicated that the woman committed suicide.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of
the State Police Command, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi also confirmed the incident on Saturday.
Fadeyi said that more
efforts are being intensified to get more details about her death.
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