Amoke Adeko, a 55-year-old woman has killed herself by jumping into a well in front of her residence at Ajilekege street, Pipeline bus stop, Idimu, Lagos state, on Friday, August 7.
Ajilekege Street Photo credit: The Punch
It was gathered that the deceased had been traumatised after her husband’s death 8 months ago.
Lagos State Fire Service officials, led by firefighter Tosin Ologun, responded to a distress call from a resident of the area. Her body was said to have been recovered dead at about 11pm.
According to Punch Metro, the grandson of the deceased was said to be marking his birthday that day when Amirat (Adeko’s daughter) the mother of the birthday boy, had brought a package of food prepared during the ceremony for her mother.
However, Amirat refused to give her mother the package in person, but sent someone else to take the food to her.
Adeko took the action as being shunned by her daughter and decided to end her life.
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “The woman had not been herself since her husband died. Amirat brought the food for her that afternoon, but she avoided her and sent it through someone elese. I don’t know why she did that, but the mother felt embarrassed because she saw her daughter from afar. It was around 5pm. About two hours later, she jumped into the well.”
A neighbour, who heard a sudden thud, rushed to the well and saw her slippers beside it. He was said to have raised the alarm after he went to her room and looked round the compound but could not find her.
Ahmed the first son of the deceased, said he was not aware that Amirat shunned their mother, he said: “She used to come to my place; spend some weeks and visit my sister too. This is her husband’s house and we can’t say she should leave. Before the incident happened, she had been with my sister for some weeks. We took her to her church and after some prayers, we decided that she should go back home. That we don’t come here always does not mean we abandoned her. My dad died eight months ago; we did not abandon her.
“I don’t know what led to the incident but she was not traumatised. That day, my sister was marking her son’s birthday and I sent her to bring food for mum. She brought the food around 2pm. It was around 5.30pm that a resident called to inform me about the incident. She (Amirat) is not around now but she did not tell me that she gave the food to somebody else to deliver to her. What she told me was that she met her upstairs,” he said.
Grace Agboyin, a friend of the deceased while lamenting her death, said she was the one that used to look after her.
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