A female marketing employee of a new generation bank has killed herself in her office in the in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk Snipper, an insecticide.

The incident reportedly happened on Monday, January 8, 2024 within the premises of the bank.

Ms Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the restroom, where she drank the insecticide, unknown to her colleagues.

Other members of staff had started looking for her when the phone she left on her table kept ringing and she was not around to pick the calls, according to a report by The PUNCH.

“A police source confirmed to our correspondent that Ugochukwu was later found dead inside the toilet with the bottle of insecticide and her suicide note.

“In the suicide note made available to our correspondent, the lady blamed hard economy for her decision to end her life, saying nothing was working well for her,” the report said.

“Nothing is working in my life. My figures are low. My brain is clogged up. The economy is getting harder. My decisions are wrong. My mind is messed up. The future doesn’t seem bright at all. I see extreme hardship. I can’t bear the pain anymore,” she wrote in the note.

Ms Ugochukwu apologised to her parents and other members of her family in the suicide note.

“I’m sorry mum, I’m sorry dad, I’m sorry Nene, Okwe, Toto, Nazor, Chuchu, Ifunanya,” she added.

She concluded by writing, “Dear Lord, have mercy on me!”

The bank manager, according to The PUNCH, reportedly told the police that Ugochukwu locked herself up in the toilet to commit suicide, and she was found dead when the door was forced open.

A source was quoted s disclosing that a medical doctor examined Ugochukwu and confirmed her dead, whereupon “the corpse was removed by the police and deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital for autopsy. The police in Lagos are investigating the incident.”

The report said that when contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, did not pick several calls made to his phone, neither did he reply a text sent to him.

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