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Why I Attempted To Jump Into Lagoon – Lagos Socialite Farida Sobowale
Eko Hot Blog reports that a popular Lagos State socialite, Farida Abdulkabir popularly known as Farida Sobowale, has explained why she wanted to plunge into a lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State.
Abdulkabir, the owner of House of Phreedah Bodycare and Spa, a cosmetic care company, cited frustrations, failed marriage and many others as what propelled her action on Thursday night.
In a viral voice note on social media, she said her famous marriage with another Lagos socialite, Demola Okulaja, crashed after two months.
The separated couple married on June 2, 2023.
Following their wedding ceremony, things quickly took the wrong turn, culminating with the bride’s suicide attempt.
Abdulkabir said Okulaja walked out of the matrimonial home, throwing her into depression.
She was seen being pacified to desist from jumping in a viral video, while rescuers were assuring her there was no need to take her life before she was whisked away into her vehicle and taken to an undisclosed destination.
The entrepreneur had alighted from her black-coloured Sport Utility Vehicle on the Third Mainland Bridge to jump into the lagoon.
Abdulkabir said friends and families tried unsuccessfully to stop her from marrying her estranged husband.
She said, “Friends and families warned me not to go into the marriage. They told me that the man only wanted my money but I was recalcitrant.
“It was love that pushed me into this. He told me that he was going to be with me, make me bore children for him.
“I am so sorry for putting my children in such a position. I would not have forgiven myself if I had abandoned them after committing suicide.
“I have forgiven my ex-husband. May God provide him with another wife.”
Meanwhile, Farida and her estranged hubby engaged in altercations, revealing shocking family secrets on social media, attacking themselves, and calling themselves unprintable names.
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