Rape Victim Commits Suicide In Bayelsa State

Bayelsa -- The news of a girl committing suicide after being gang-raped by three men have been confirmed by the Bayelsa state police command.
An 18-year-old girl killed herself in Amarata, Yenagoa, Local Government Area of Bayelsa, southern Nigeria, because she felt shamed and stigmatized by the event.
Spokesman of the state police command, Alex Akhigbe, said an investigation has been launched into the alleged rape charges filed by the deceased's family.
One of the family members says the girl was reportedly gang-raped last week. She was on an errand for her elder sister, the relative explains, and was allegedly raped at gun point by three boys who forced her into an uncompleted building.
The girl was devastated after the incident, her relatives say, and told about her experience days later to her sister and her husband. Her sister's husband, a pastor, asked her to describe her attackers. However, the culprits could not be found.The girl swallowed a poisonous substance, and was subsequently rushed to a hospital. She was discovered after a note she left had been found.
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