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A girl has killed herself after learning that her boyfriend left her and impregnated another girl. It was gathered that the 19-year-old female student of Dyege Memorial College, Akpehe, in Makurdi, Benue State, Jessica Beer took her own life on Wednesday.
Punch reports that a close friend of her disclosed this. She said, “The previous night, my friend (Jessica) had brought a sharp knife to my house, and had asked me to accompany her to the boyfriend’s house, with the threat that she would deal with the boy. But I advised her not to do anything rash.”
It was also gathered that when the shocked parents found their daughter's dead body, they rushed her to Yiman Hospital, Akpehe, where doctors confirmed that she had died about 30 minutes earlier.
The Chief Nurse at the hospital, Mrs. Atser Terkimbi, said when Jessica was brought to the hospital, she was foaming in the month as a result of the substance she allegedly took, which claimed her life.
Speaking on the matter, the school’s proprietress, Mrs. Mercy Dyege said:
“This kind of incident has never occurred in my school and I condemn this behaviour in strong terms.”
Jessica’s class teacher, Mr. Timothy Tyoyange, described her as an average student who seemed interested in learning.
Tyoyange said, “Jessica was a beautiful young girl and in our last speech, prize and graduation day, she contested for the Miss Dyege organised by the college and won the crown.”
When contacted, the Benue State Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident, saying investigations have commenced.
