A 14-year-old girl, Anita Haledu Ibrahim of Angwan Dorowa Gbuja, in Akwanga LGA of Nasarawa state, has killed herself allegedly over an unwanted pregnancy.
According to The Nation, Anita who was a student of Government Science school in Andaha near Akwanga, took an herbicide on Saturday, July 11.
Anita was reportedly impregnated by her boyfriend who she met in Andaha during the COVID-19 lockdown.
They became intimate and she got pregnant, but her boyfriend fled the village to Abuja after being informed.
However, after her parents made contacts with him, he accepted the pregnancy and also showed interest to marry her.
Anita however allegedly later took her life after her father, Haledu Ibrahim, beat her up over the pregnancy.
She took the herbicide on Saturday and was immediately rushed to a hospital in Akwanga where she was pronounced dead in the early hours of Tuesday, July 14.
Police Public Relations Officer, Nansel Ramhan, said he was yet to receive official report from Akwanga division.
