Shortly after the report of Mrs. Abigael Ogunyinka who was rescued by
fishermen in Lagos Lagoon early Friday morning, another woman was today
prevented at about 11:25 a.m. from leaping into the Lagoon by the
operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos state Police
Command.
The lady, Taiwo Momoh, 58, a textile dealer in Lagos Island, had put off
her shoes and was wrapping her dress around her when men of RRS 226
prevented her from jumping.
The lady, who lives in Lekki Lagos, disclosed that she was pushed to
committing suicide in order to put an end to her constant sleeplessness
and shame occasioned by her indebtedness to three Swiss textile dealers.
She noted that her problem started sometimes in 2015, when a Bureau De
Change dealer carted away her N18.7 million she wanted to change to pay
her foreign creditors.
She added that the creditors had given her Swiss textiles worth several
millions of naira, noting that she has maintained good relationship with
the creditors for more than 15 years.
Her condition she said became compounded when robbers invaded her shop
in Lagos Island carting away most of the textiles that was left with
her.
She emphasized that most of the time, she has been having sleepless
nights and seeing the ghosts of the creditors whenever she was alone.
Momoh, a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God disclosed that
on several occasions she had attempted to see her Parish Pastor to
identify with her problem and for the church to help her raise money to
meet her Swiss Creditors in order to assure them that she would pay
their money.
She noted that she was only allowed to see the second in command, which has yielded no fruits.
“Added to all these, my first son, whom I felt would stand by me and
console me abandoned me. By the time I’m gone, maybe he would come
around and inherit what is left.
I don’t want to use my debt and
death to disturb anybody. I was in the shop this morning. I have looked
everywhere and estimated what is there.
I think, with my house, a bungalow, those I am leaving behind can still
live comfortably. I want to go and meet God. This world is empty”, she
stated.
“I won’t because I want to get rich join cult group. I go my way and I don’t socialize unnecessarily,” she concluded.
She
added, “I was a Muslim, I have because of this problem been jumping
from one faith to the other. The problem is too much for me to bear. I
want to go back to God.That is why I have dressed very simple. I
am ready to meet HIM. If He cannot address my problem on earth, let me
go back to Him.”