Woman commits suicide four months after bearing twins

A nursing mother has committed suicide,
four months after giving birth to a set of
twins, on Oremerin Street, Ladilak, Somolu,
Lagos State.
The woman, Mrs. Muji Kazeem, a hairdresser,
was found dead in a well on Tuesday
morning. The well was located two houses to
the apartment that Muji and her husband,
Adewale, were staying.
Our correspondent, who visited the Kazeems,
learnt that the twins came after five years of
marriage.
Kazeem, 28, said his wife was found dead in
the well two days after she was declared
missing.
He said, "We were together on Sunday night
having prayers around 9.30pm. Then, the
babies started crying, so I told her to go and
breast-feed them.
"By the time I finished praying, she had slept
off with the twins on the bed. I spread a mat
on the floor by the entrance and slept off.
"Muji woke up around 11.30pm and went
outside. One of my friends told me that he
saw her at that time taking cool air before he
went inside to sleep."
Kazeem said he was awaken by the wailing of
the twins around 1am. He said he searched
for their mother without success.
When the day broke, Kazeem raised the
alarm that his wife was missing. The
neighbourhood was said to have been thrown
into confusion as a search party was
organised to look for her without success.
The matter was later reported at the Pedro
Police Station.
Kazeem said, "We saw her clothes near the
well on Monday night and became hopeful.
We intensified prayers for her. But it was
7am the following day that a woman, who
wanted to draw water from the well,
observed that the drawer did not get water.
She got a torchlight, pointed it down the well
and saw the swollen corpse of my wife."
He said Muji had been buried at the Atan
Cemetry at Yaba in line with Islamic rites.
"We buried her at the Atan Cemetery after
obtaining police report. My mother has taken
the babies for care," he said.
Kazeem described his late wife as a gentle
and cheerful woman, who never fought or
quarrelled with anyone since he met her.
He said, "We have never had any reason to
fight or disagree. I don't know if she
offended anyone who decided not to forgive
her. But for me, I have taken this as my
destiny."
However, PUNCH Metro learnt that the
deceased had been depressed a few days
before her death.
A source within the area, said the 25-year-
old mother, could sometimes be lost in
thought for several hours and would not
respond to greetings until people shouted at
her.
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Ngozi Braide, promised to get back to our
correspondent when she was contacted on
the telephone.