Crime
Bank staff found dead inside toilet at Ikorodu branch
A 32-year-old marketing staff of Globus Bank, Amarachi Ugochukwu, was found dead at its branch in Ikorodu, Lagos. The deceased was said to have died by suicide.
The sad incident occurred on Monday, January 8, 2024.
According to the source, the late Ugochukwu’s lifeless body and a bottle of Sniper insecticide were found in the staff toilet of the branch during the search for her whereabouts after she was discovered missing from her desk.
“She had left her phone on her table, and the phone kept ringing without answer. As a result, her colleagues started looking for her in the cause of searching for her.
One of the office toilet doors was noticed to have been locked from behind and was forcefully opened, and behold was her motionless body with an empty medium-sized Snipper bottle suspected to have been taken by her,” our source informed.
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The deceased left a note in a diary on her table before she allegedly took her life.
She wrote what was described as a ‘suicide note’ in the said diary, it reads; “My decisions are wrong. My mind is messed up. The future doesn’t seem right at all; I see extreme hardship. I can’t bear the pain anymore.”
She wrote further, “I’m sorry, mom; I am sorry, dad. I’m sorry, Meme, Okwe, Toto Nazor, Chuchu, and Ifunanya. Lord, have mercy on me!”
Upon sighting her on the floor of the toilet, the management of the branch immediately called a medical doctor who confirmed her death.
However, the matter has been reported to the police in Ikorodu, and an investigation into the incident is said to have commenced immediately.
Also, it was gathered that the police have removed the corpse and deposited it at Ikorodu General Hospital for autopsy and preservation.
