12 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide In Mushin, Lagos

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 de­
scribed 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.

Source: NL