A 16-year-old girl identified as Maryam Samuel has committed suicide at the Kaltungo community in Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State.
The spokesman for the state police command, Buhari Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident on Saturday in Gombe, said the girl hanged herself on a tree.
He added that the incident occurred on March 14, barely 24 hours after the deceased left home to fetch firewood.
Abdullahi said: “On Friday, at about 9:00 a.m., a case of suicide was reported at Kaltungo Divisional Headquarters by the village head of Kalarin.
“The deceased, identified as Maryam Samuel, 16-year-old from Kalarin ward, was seen hanged with rope on a tree at Kalarin mountain, without any marks of violence found on her body.”
Abdullahi said the corpse had been deposited at the General Hospital Kaltungo.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased left home on Thursday to fetch firewood from the nearby bush, adding that further investigation would unravel the root cause of the unfortunate incident.”