Father Arrested After His Daughter Committed Suicide

A father has been detained in connection with the passing of Favour Williams, his 12-year-old daughter.

According to reports, the 12-year-old Kurmin Tagwaye II JSS 2 student from Akwanga, the administrative centre of Akwanga Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, unexpectedly passed away on her father’s farm.

According to sources who spoke to Daily Trust, Favour allegedly hanged herself last Monday on the farm in Kurmin Twagwaye II near Wamba Road.

Father of the deceased, Mr Williams Ma’aji, was alleged to have defiled her and the act leaked. Youth leader of Kurmin Tagwaye, Thomas Vincent, who confirmed the incident said; “Only God knows what led to the untimely death of the innocent girl who was seen around the village that fateful day she died.

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“The father told us that late Favour was working on the other side of the farm with the mother and after a while, he saw her coming and she greeted him and proceeded to another side of the farm, where she wanted to go and eat groundnuts.

“The father further told us that after they exchanged greetings and the daughter went her way, he thought she had gone back to the mother through another road, but surprisingly on his way home from the farm, he discovered that his daughter had hanged herself and before he could run and cut the rope she used to hang herself, he discovered she was dead.

“We went to the scene of the incident and saw where she allegedly hanged herself. The youths of the area were angry and wanted to lynch her parents. We had to intervene by calling the police, who came and arrested them. The mother was questioned and let off the hook, but the father is still in detention.”

After being transferred to the General Hospital Akwanga for an autopsy and cross-examination, it was determined that Favour had no visible signs of injuries. She was later buried.

Nansel Ramhan, the state’s police public relations officer (PPRO), verified the occurrence and added that the case was being looked into.