A 47year old Globacom Accountant, Folake Abiola has committed suicide at her residence at Osapa London, in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed that Folake Abiola committed suicide by allegedly drinking a ‘chemical substance’ on Friday, at her residence.
He added that the deceased had since been buried after the family requested for her corpse.
“It’s true, the police were there, she drank pesticide (name withheld to discourage more usage).
“The family initially wrote to the police to demand her body, and the body was released on compassionate grounds. She has since been buried, she was buried on May 27.
But a colleague of hers who spoke to Punch said, the deceased have been suffering from depression for years.
She debunked claims that Abiola committed suicide due to loneliness, lack of a husband, children among others.
The source said, “She had been suffering from depression for years and her death has nothing to do with loneliness or lack of a husband or sex. Within the last seven years, I know she was in a relationship twice.
“She ended those relationships on her own because of depression.
“She said she did not want to bring someone else into her life when she could not take care of herself.
“Folake was going through extreme depression, but people that did not know what she was going through have been posting rubbish online.
“She was a senior accountant at a telecoms firm and we are colleagues. She took her life herself and was buried that same Friday as she was the only Christian in her family.”
The colleague described Abiola as an angel, a conscientious accountant and a lover of Christ, who was liberal in giving, adding that she had been saying she wanted to end it all before she took her life.
“In Nigeria, we don’t pay attention to mental health; a lot of people are going through depression and it is not necessary that it has to be caused by anything,” she added.
