18-YR-OLD GANG RAPE VICTIM COMMITS SUICIDE IN BAYELSA

FRANKLIN ONWUBIKO - Allegedly gang-r*ped by three boys, an 18-year-old girl has committed suicide at her residence in Amarata, a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The deceased, simply identified as Janet, was a native of Oduali in Abua/Odua Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to reports, she was gang- r*ped at gunpoint by...

the boys, who forced her into an uncompleted building last week, while
she was running an errand for her elder sister.
"The girl was sad and devastated after the incident. After she
narrated her experience, her sister's husband, who is a pastor, asked
her to describe any of her attackers. She described one of
them.
"The boy was traced to his house, but he had absconded. The pastor
counselled her and promised to pursue the matter to a logical
conclusion," a source said, but did not say if the matter was reported
to the police or if the girl was taken to a hospital after the
incident.
The psychological trauma that comes with r*pe was apparently too much
for the victim to bear, and she decided to take her own life.
The source said the r*pe victim left behind a suicide note, after
which she took a poisonous substance known as Sniper.
She died at Gloryland Hospital, after those who discovered her
groaning in pain had rushed her to the hospital.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Alex Akhigbe, said the Police has launched investigation into the
alleged r*pe charges filed by the girl's family.