A 15-year-old girl, Rukayat Taiwo, has reportedly committed suicide in a bid to escape being beaten by her mother.
The incident happened at 31 Adeez Hgoro Street Jakande, Okokomaiko, Lagos State.
The teenager fondly called Ruka was confirmed dead at the Iganmu General Hospital in Lagos, after drinking poisonous substance believed to be rat poison, DailyPost reports.
Ruka reportedly ran away from home on Sunday after her mother threatened to beat her, only to return home at night, complaining of severe stomach ache.
She was later rushed to Agatha Hospital within the area where she was referred to Iganmu General Hospital.
At the hospital, Ruka reportedly revealed that she took sniper but unfortunately, she died before the substance could be evacuated from her system.
The teenager reportedly confessed to her mother that she drank it to avoid being beaten but that she did not know it would harm her.
Some residents, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, said they saw her last Sunday evening, playing with her friends in the compound.
“Later she left and came back at about 8pm, writhing in pains. Some people said they saw her with the empty container of a sniper but they did not suspect she drank the content.”
“She was an abiku. She only used that means to accomplish her mission because her time on earth was up,” another resident, who gave her name as Ramoni Ojo, claimed.
