The
whereabouts of a mother of three, said to have walked out of her Fola Agoro
home in Somolu area of the state with one of her sons after leaving a suicide
note, was still unknown at press time. She had complained to a relative that
her business had gone bad due to the exchange rate and that her debts had risen
beyond redemption. Tension has heightened over the disappearance of a mother of
three and single parent, Olubunmi Uko. Olubunmi Uko Olubunmi Uko Uko, a
businesswoman, reportedly walked out of her home last Friday evening with her
last child, identified as Seun. She reportedly woke up her other children and
informed them that she was going to visit someone. The older children, Iyiola
and Toni, allegedly woke up later to find a suicide note written by their
mother. A relative, who simply gave his name as Folu, told Vanguard: “She
addressed the suicide note to her children, her mother and to any other person
concerned. She said nobody should bother to look for her, that she was going to
jump into the river and end it all. “She said she was tired of life. She also
said that by the time the letter would be seen, she would have ended inside the
belly of a shark. “She had always complained of dwindling business due to high
exchange rate. At a point, she complained that she owed people and had no means
to pay back. She also said that she borrowed half a million naira to offset the
loan, but decided to use it on her business with the hope to realise some gain,
but that the money ended up sinking in the business.” Vanguard gathered that
prayer sessions are ongoing at different prayer centres for her safe return. Another
relative, Mimnimah Uko, who identified the missing woman as her cousin-in-law,
wondered why she would allow herself to be overwhelmed by the issues of life to
the extent of taking such decision as solution. The relative said: “Our prayer
is for God to have mercy by ensuring her safe return and that of her son, Seun.
We are imploring Nige-rians to please join us to pray.”
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