The Nigerian police in Bayelsa has confirmed that an 18-year-old girl
committed suicide after a gang rape by three unidentified men. The
Spokesman of the state Police Command, Mr Alex Akhigbe, told newsmen in
Yenagoa that the girl killed
herself in Amarata, Yenagoa, Local
Government Area of Bayelsa, southern
Nigeria.
“I believe the deceased decided to hang herself
due to the attendant shame and stigmatisation she experienced after the
rape incident,” Akhigbe said. He said that the command had launched investigation into the alleged rape charges filed by the deceased family.
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