A
12-year-old girl identified as Mulikat Hassan shocked residents in Mushin,
Lagos after she allegedly committed suicide.
The little girl was found dead by her
parents after she was seen dangling from the ceiling of her parents’ one-room
apartment in Mushin.
According to Sunday Sun, a neigbour said:
“I have never seen
anything like it before. Yes, I have heard of adults committing suicide but
never have I seen or heard of a 12-year old girl taking her own life. I think
it is as a result of some sort of spiritual manipulation.”
Expressing
pain over the death of Mulikat, another neighbour described the deceased as a
very decent and responsible girl.
“She was a very
good, responsible and respectful girl. It remains a big surprise to me why she
would choose to commit suicide. That morning, before her mother went to work,
they both passed by my shop and I admired the fine hijab that she (Mulikat)
wore, and I told her mother I liked it and she smiled.”
“When her mother came
back from work, she met her other children playing outside the compound and
asked after Mulikat. They told her that she was in the house. On getting to the
room, she met the door locked from inside and began to knock, thinking that she
was asleep.
After banging on the
door for some time and calling her name, Mama Mulikat became so worried that
she had to scream for help. When we got there, we knocked for a while, still
there was no response from inside. So, we broke down the door. The sight was
gory.
Mulikat had tied a rope
to the ceiling fan of the room and hung herself. Her body was dangling. I feel
she had been hanging there for hours since the saliva from her mouth was almost
dried up,”he narrated.
According
to reports, around 4pm, Mulikat had asked her younger siblings to
leave the room, claiming that she wanted to clean it. One of her siblings
reportedly said she literally dragged him out of the room when he was reluctant
to leave, and locked the door on herself. He said he tried going back inside
after some time, knocked but his sister refused to open the door.
No one could tell for sure what lead to
her suicide but some speculated that the deceased may have been frustrated
following sexual advances made towards her by an unidentified neighbour.
Suspicion has it that the man might have raped the girl who had always rejected
his advances.
“There is a man in our
compound who has been making advances to the young girl. She had complained
several times and the issue had caused arguments between Mulikat’s parents and
the man many times. I suspect that the man might have raped her and maybe due
to the frustration, she committed suicide,” a source disclosed.
The police have since arrested 8 suspects in connection
with the little girl's death.
what is happening.....?
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