housewife suicide

The remains of a 48 years old housewife Elizabeth Andrew has been found hanging in her apartment at Isheri area of Lagos state.
Mrs Andrew a former staff of the state house at Dodan barracks allegedly committed suicide following depression as a result of her inability to conceive.
Her corpse was found dangling from a window on July 6th as she allegedly used a scarf to hang herself at her number 17 Irawo-owuro street Isheri-oshun.
Her husband, Chinedu Andrew 44 was said to have alerted the Isheri police station about the alleged suicide and her corpse was removed and taken to a public mortuary.
The police also arrested Mr. Andrew following allegation by the deceased brother Okechukwu that Mr. Andrew has a hand in the alleged suicide as he has maltreated his wife in the past.
Mr. Andrew, a second hand cloth dealer was subsequently arrested by officers from the homicide department at Panti Yaba for interrogation.
Mr. Andrew however denied killing his wife stating that his wife has been mentally ill and depressed following her inability to conceive; he stated that due to his wife’s ill health, her former employer at the state house at Dodan barracks, relieved her of her job, a situation which worsen her depression.
“I do not know anything about killing my wife “Mr. Andrew said “All I know is that my wife married late and she has fibroid and pile, she is mentally ill and this affected her life , she has been depressed because of these problems she was having and I have taken her to hospital for her health to become okay” Mr. Andrew said
Mr. Andrew narrated how his wife allegedly died that fateful day. “Due to her ill poor mental health she lost her job as a staff of the former State house at Dodan barracks so she was always staying at home doing nothing, that day I went to my shop where I sell second hand clothes and around 6.00pm I went home and I noticed that the day was locked, I called out to my wife but she did not respond,
I also went to the window but I could not see from the outside , I later called my wife’s family to ask if they have seen here but they said she did not come to visit them so that was how I ended up sleeping outside the house till the next day; when it was morning I went to hire a ladder and with the help of my neighbours , I climbed the roof where I saw her hanging from the window I screamed , so that was how we called the police” Mr. Andrew said .
Mr.Okechukwu the deceased brother however insists that his sister was murdered. He accused Mr. Andrew of maltreating his sister and causing her grief when she was alive.
“my brother in-law has not been a good person to my sister his wife, he was a lazy man who was relying on her for everything, even the house they live she was the one who paid , she bought him a bus to drive when he complained of not having any work to do but he later sold I the bus ,;the wife also gave him money several times for business which he squandered,; so his attitude toward her contributed to her ill health and eventual death and the police should investigate him because my sister is his second wife and his first wife also died mysteriously.”Mr. Okechukwu said.
A similar incident happened last week when a 26 -years -old lady, Motunrayo Obara , a former staff of Access bank in Lagos allegedly committed suicide at her sister’s residence at Allen Avenue following reports of depression and her inability to conceive. Her situation turned to the worse when fiancée called off their wedding, a move a friends and family said led to her to commit suicide.