A 17-year-old girl, Temitope Saka, has died after drinking insecticide, Sniper, in the Igando area of Lagos Stat the victim who happened to be the only child of her father left behind a suicide note in which she allegedly blamed her grandma for her death. Her boyfriend reported the incident to the police at the Igando division, which led to the arrest of the woman.
The victim's mother died when she was 3yrs old and since then she has been living with her grandma at Mofoluwasho Close, Alhaji Ede bus stop, Igando.

The grandma is a trader in Ikotun, where the girl met her boyfriend, who is also a trader.

There were times that the girl brought the man home and he spent the night with her because the grandma went for vigils.”

Another source said when the victim became pregnant, her grandma insisted she packed out of the house.

“The woman insisted that she packed to her boyfriend’s house. She threw out her luggage and chased her away,” he said.

The victim drank the poison last Wednesday and began foaming in the mouth at her boyfriend’s house.

She was said to have been rushed to the Igando General Hospital where she died.

Her boyfriend, who saw the suicide note, was said to have reported the incident to the police.

A resident said, “The girl and the boyfriend loved each other. The man did not even reject the pregnancy.

“The grandma probably chased her away because she could not stand the shame that the girl got pregnant out of wedlock.(Source, The Punch)
A girl also drank sniper at Sabo area of Yaba because her boyfriend left her for her friend. Madness as Palmchatters would say
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, can suicide ever stop in Nigeria? Remember one of the FCMB managers who committed suicide last month? it's the same Nigeria oo.

On June 18, a 19-year-old girl, Uche Obiora, allegedly took Sniper at her boyfriend’s house, which is a street away from Saka’s grandmother’s house.

A resident, who identified himself as Goddey, appealed to the government to intervene in the increasing rate of teenage suicides in the community.
DO you think Sniper should be banned?