Tragedy struck the family of Oluwafemi
yesterday at Odo-Ona area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, when the lifeless
body of one member of the family, Madam Juliana Oluwafemi, a widow, was found
hanging on a tree at Odo-Ona bridge. A visit to the scene of the tragedy saw
family members, friends and co-tenants of the deceased, weeping and wondering
what could have pushed the 55-year-old woman to kill herself.
One of the friends of the deceased, who does not want
her name mentioned, said; “My friend was not owing, she was not indebtedness to
anybody. She called me last week Thursday that we need to see and discuss and I
told her that she was free to visit me either at home or in the shop at her
leisure.
“I did not hear from her until Saturday when I learnt
she was declared missing and since then we have been looking for her until we
found her body here this morning.
“I am quite sure that she was not indebted to anybody,
what happened to her is not ordinary. Somebody somewhere is responsible for her
death, and I know the person would definitely reap what he or she has sowed in
due course.”
Also speaking with journalists, the sister of the
deceased, who refused to disclose her name, lamented that it was last Wednesday
that she saw her sister last, adding; “She came to me that day and I told her
that I’m going to Lagos. If I knew, I would have taken her to Lagos and
possibly keep her in my house. See what has happened to me now.”
It was learnt that the late widow left her residence at
Bembo, Apata area on Friday to Odo-Ona, where her son resided and the son later
in the night went for a vigil only to discover the following day that his
mother had left home.
It was gathered that when all efforts to locate her
proved abortive, the family contacted the Apata Divisional Police station and
later declared the woman missing on Saturday.