Teenage Girl Commits Suicide after Being Gang-Raped In Bayelsa State
It has now been confirmed by the police that an 18-year old girl committed suicide after she was gang-raped by three men last week.
According to one of the girl’s family members who pleaded anonymity, the girl was gang-raped last week in Amarata, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The men who raped her are yet to be identified.
The family member said, “She was on an errand for her elder sister and was allegedly raped at gun point by three boys who forced her into an uncompleted building.
“The girl was devastated after the incident.
“After some days she told her sister and the husband her experience. Her sister’s husband who is a Pastor, asked her to describe any of her attackers.
“She described one of the boys, but the boy could not be found; I believe Pastor counselled her (the victim).
“The pastor has promised to pursue the matter in court.
“She swallowed a poisonous substance known as Sniper and she was discovered while groaning in pains and rushed to GloryLand Hospital.
“The victim’s suicide plot was discovered through the note she dropped before taking the poisonous substance,”
Mr Alex Akhigbe, the Spokesman of the state Police Command told the press in Yenagoa that he believes the deceased decided to kill herself due to the apparent shame and stigmatisation she experienced after the rape incident.
Akhigbe said that the command has launched an investigation into the alleged rape charges filed by the deceased’s family.
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