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Saudi Arabia deportee commits suicide in Jigawa

Saudi Arabia deportee commits suicide in Jigawa

In Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State, a 38-year-old woman, identified as Hajiya Tabawa Ado, recently deported from Saudi Arabia, took her life by jumping into a stream.

Reports suggest that the woman made this drastic decision due to incessant harassment by the agent who facilitated her trip to Saudi Arabia.

A resident, choosing to remain anonymous, revealed that the woman had been sponsored by an agent to travel to Saudi Arabia with an agreement to repay the expenses incurred during the journey.

“Women and men have been traveling to Saudi Arabia in search of greener pastures where some women served as house helps.

“She was sponsored to Saudi Arabia and when she arrived there (Saudi Arabia) and saw that she could not bear the kind of maltreatment in the house she was working, she decided to run and in the process, she was arrested and deported back to Nigeria.

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“Therefore, the agent has been asking her to pay him back his money which she doesn’t have. I later heard that she drowned in Kafin Kainuwa stream and died”

Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Jigawa State Command, CSC Adamu Shehu, confirmed the incident to journalist.

He said the incident happened on Monday, Christmas Day, at around 7:45 pm.

“The NSCDC received Information that a 38-year-old woman, Hajiya Tabawa Ado Musa, plunged into a stream called Rafin Kainuwa located at Marakawa Ringim town in Ringim Local Government Area.

“Her corpse was later discovered on Tuesday and was taken to Ringin General Hospital and was confirmed dead by a medical doctor,” he said.

Adam added that investigation revealed that the woman had been suffering from epilepsy for some years.

The woman, who is survived by her husband and children, has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

Saudi Arabia deportee commits suicide in Jigawa

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