TRAGIC! Abia Rape Victim Hangs Herself After Mother's Scolding

Okwoyi village, Isieke community in Umuahia, Abia state has been thrown into a state of shock, rage and confusion a 15-year-old girl committed suicide after being ganged-raped by three boys.

 The deceased, Comfort Uche-Ume, a native of Amaeke Abam in Arochukwu LGA of the state, was allegedly raped by three boys; Ndubuisi Wogu, Chinaza Ufomadu, and Francis Onwoboro who are now on the run.

 According to PUNCH, she just wrote the JSS3 Junior WAEC examinations.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ezekiel Onyeke say she was allegedly accosted by Nwogu, who had been making unsuccessful advances at her and two other boys while returning home alone from an outing with her elder sister.

 They dragged her to a nearby bush where they gang-raped her, threatening to kill her if she raised any alarm.

 Police said that when the sister of the deceased returned home, she met her crying and after enquiries, Comfort narrated her ordeal to her.

 Irked by the sexual assault on her sister, she was said to have informed her husband, who quickly rushed to confront one of the suspects and engaged him in a free-for-all.

 Police say she was later brought to Umuahia Central Police Station around 9pm by her parents to officially report the matter and afterwards she was taken to the police clinic for examination and medical attention.

 The parents however pleaded that they should be allowed to take her home, promising to return the next morning since it was getting late so that they could still get transport home.
 The incident took place Friday last week, the police official said.

“But instead of returning as they promised, the parents never showed up. The mother of the deceased rather decided to scold her over the incident.

“The mother mismanaged the situation. She said to her ‘Have I not warned you not to go to Okwoyi village alone? Now three men have raped you and if you become pregnant, who will be the father of the baby?’

 “On Tuesday morning, the mother of the victim allegedly went to her room again and started talking to her. She later invited her for the family’s morning devotion, but she declined,”

The state police spokesman pointed out that when the family began to hold their morning devotion about 20 minutes later, a shout was heard outside the house and the family members rushed out.
 According to him, the initial thinking of family members was that the rapists had come to attack her again.

 But that was not to be as they were shocked to their marrows to see the lifeless body of their daughter, who was reportedly seen leave her room with a head tie/ veil across her shoulders, dangling on a guava tree beside their house. She had committed suicide!

 Police said the deceased might have decided to take her life out of frustration and possible stigmatization.

 The PPRO, therefore, advised parents and guardians to exercise caution when “they manage sensitive situations that might come their way, especially the ones affecting their children or wards.”

Source: PUNCH