“The house I built has collapsed”: Girl commits suicide in Delta after fiance she met on Facebook marries her friend

by Rachel Ogbu

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A 30-year-old graduate of Microbiology from the Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka, was said to have killed herself when she discovered that her finacee, who she met on Facebook, had married her best friend.

Police Spokesman in the State, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, confirmed the reports saying that the incident occurred on Thursday night.

Police reports claim Nkechi (surname withheld), who lives in Asaba with her parents came home complaining of having a minor headache. Uyabeme said while in her room, she may have taken some drugs and dropped a note by her bed side.

Uyabeme said the note read: “I have gone to rest as I cannot stand the situation after the house I built has collapsed.”

Nkechi was said to have refused to marry the man she met on Facebook because when she finally met him he was in a wheelchair… turns out he was testing her to see if she was shallow.

“This is a lesson for single ladies; never reject any suitor, so that you don’t end up dead,” Uyabeme said. He also added that her corpse has since been deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre.

Leadership reports:

Reports said the lady hailed from Onitsha, Anambra State. Nkechi got involved in Facebook-ing at the centre in Asaba where she was being tutored in computer appreciation. This was how she met  the young man, who disguised himself  as a ‘cripple’, but was actually a lawyer who trained in the United Kingdom.

LEADERSHIP FRIDAY reliably gathered that after series of chats, the said cripple asked for her hand in marriage. After their long relationship on-line, which lasted about seven months, the young man, who was identified as Henry (surname withheld), returned to Nigeria on a wheelchair. Nkechi, accompanied by her friend, went to the airport to welcome him, but was shocked to see him on a wheelchair and when he begged her to marry him, she refused.

According to reports, feeling disappointed, Nkechi continued to refuse his proposal, despite his pleas and a visit to her house. She did not listen to that of her friend, either. Her friend, identified as Onyinye, a fashion boutique owner, living somewhere around Infant Jesus area of Asaba, was shocked at her friend’s decision after pleading with her to reconsider her decision, but Nkechi refused. This, reports said, endeared Onyinye to Henry.

Issues took a different turn when Henry went ahead to finalise wedding plans with Onyinye. They had the traditional marriage and white wedding last weekend in Asaba, but at the reception, Henry got off his wheelchair to the amazement of all and informed everyone that he was never a ‘cripple,’ but had to disguise himself because he was hoping to get married to a Nigerian lady who would love him, even if he was a cripple.

When the news got to Nkechi, she was reported to have committed suicide.

Leadership Friday checks revealed that the parents were fined by elders of the quarters, who considered it a sacrilege for a suicide to be committed in the area.

 

Comments (10)

  1. Why does this sound like something out of a movie?. Anyways they should cut the girl some slack, not everyone can handle news like that, its a hard pill to swallow and might take a lot of time to come to terms with..I might’ve walked away too if I were in her shoes. RIP Nkechi the lesson he wanted to use you to teach has been learnt and I hope he and his ‘better wife’ your best friend are happy with their lives..lesson : don’t trust anyone. That said suicide is NEVER an option..iwe 🙁

  2. That man is to be blamed even thought the girl took it to the extreme. Who does he think he is putting the girl to a test? What nerve? Mtwchwww

  3. I blame d guy jawe!!!! After 7 months of datin online d guy can’t even tell d girl he is cripple!!! D guy is to b blame!

  4. Well… I will say dat life has its own way 2 teach us a lesson…some tyms bitter water comes before sweet water…bt it only takes pple wit eagle’s mind 2 understand dat….hmmmmmm

  5. I like this report. it could be the next feature of nollywood based on a true story.
    though sounds larger than life, its cool

  6. May God punish her wen she get 2 heaven coz dats serious bullshit

  7. Tittle: the rich cripple. Starring: emeka ike, tonto Dike and Mercy Johnson. The guy went to far jare. If dey were dating and along d line he became crippled, its a diff. Case, but meeting sumone for d first time as a cripple and proposes to u, definitely she will refuse, we are all humans and wants d best for ourselves. Even if she didn’t refuse, d parents and family might hav refused. No one wants to bear such burden for d rest of dia lifes. In conclusion, they were neva meant to be, 7months is too short for d girl to commit suicide. Wid life, dias Hope. #Gbam

  8. Nollywood.

    Watch out for part 2

  9. lesson well learnt but she shouldn't have killed herself, her decision is ok not to marry a cripple but people should learn that these cripples are humans beings too.

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