Family Grieves As 13-Year-Old Precious Hangs Self In Edo

• The teenager had been living with her paternal grandmother since 2017.

Precious Iwezoa, a thirteen-year-old girl has reportedly hanged herself in Benin City, Edo State, throwing her entire family into grief.

The teenager who lived with her grandmother at No. 6 Osagie Street, Off Lucky Way Road, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, was found dead in their compound by a neighbour who immediately alerted her family about the incident.

“Around 12, that was when I entered the house after church service. Immediately I opened the gate, I sighted her dead body and the rope. I did not know what exactly happened.

“I was shocked and immediately raised the alarm to alert the grandmother because I knew she would be the only one in the house,” the neighbor, Peace Uwadia explained.

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The teenager had been living with her paternal grandmother since 2017. Janet Ohioma – the grandmother narrated that Precious had earlier helped her to heat her food and later sat in the living room watching the television.

When Uwadia raised the alarm, Ms. Ohioma did not expect to see a lifeless Precious.

“I thought Precious had run away away from home as she had done before but was found by a neighbor. When I got to where Precious was, I fell,” the visibly devastated woman said.

Officers from the Edo State Police Command who visited the scene said that the incident will be investigated but ruled out foul play.

“The police has removed the body and deposited for preservation at our clinic at Ikpoba Hill while investigation is on to unravel the cause of her hanging herself,” police spokesman Edo State Command, Bello Kontongs, said of Precious who lost her mother at a tender age of two.

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