On Thursday afternoon, a mild drama occurred at a neighbourhood in Lafia, the Nasarawa State’s capital when staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company(AEDC) visited the area to disconnect customers from public power supply over debts. 

The residents of the area who had for months decried “outrageous billing without commensurate electricity supply” however prevented the staff from carrying out the action. 

A yet-to-be identified staff of the company who insisted on disconnecting the neighbourhood from public power supply was resisted and beaten to stupor by some dissatisfied customers. 

The neighbourhood is around the residence of millionaire businessman and trader, Alhaji Turakin Gamji.

 

The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, is said to have ingested a poisonous substance while in the bank’s restroom, leaving a note behind.

 

In the note, she expressed despair over her financial struggles, citing low figures and a pervasive sense of nothing working in her life. Additionally, she conveyed a bleak outlook for the future, attributing it to the increasing economic challenges. 

 

Others at work started to look for her because her phone was ringing on her desk, and she wasn’t there to answer.

 

A police source confirmed that they later found Ugochukwu dead in the bathroom, along with a bottle of insecticide and her suicide note.

 

She wrote: “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.”