‘The economy is getting harder, God forgive me’  – Lagos female banker said in suicide note before killing self 

 

Tragedy struck in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday when staff of a bank  found one of their colleagues dead in the toilet of the bank.

 

The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was a female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu who committed suicide by ingesting a bottle of insecticide. 

 

According to the Punch newspaper, Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the restroom, where she drank the insecticide, unknown to her colleagues.

 

Other members of staff had started looking for her when the phone she left on her table kept ringing and she was not around to pick the calls.

 

The newspaper quoted a police source who confirmed the incident and shared content of the suicide note with the medium. 

 

In the suicide note, the lady blamed hard economy for her decision to end her life, saying nothing was working well for her.

 

“Nothing is working in my life. My figures are low. My brain is clogged up. The economy is getting harder. My decisions are wrong. My mind is messed up. The future doesn’t seem bright at all. I see extreme hardship. I can’t bear the pain anymore,” she wrote in the suicide note.

 

The deceased apologised to her parents and other members of her family in the suicide note.

 

“I’m sorry mum, I’m sorry dad, I’m sorry Nene, Okwe, Toto, Nazor, Chuchu, Ifunanya,” she added.

 

She concluded by writing, “Dear Lord, have mercy on me!”