The woman whose identity was yet to be known, was reported to be suffering from depression over hardship and decided to take her life.
The police in Enugu, southeast Nigeria have clarified that the woman that the woman who recently abandoned her three children did not commit suicide by running into a moving vehicle.
SaharaReporters reported on February 6 that Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah, the wife of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, had announced that she would sponsor the three children whose mother reportedly committed suicide after dumping them at the police station.
The Enugu First Lady promised to sponsor their daily needs and education.
The woman whose identity was yet to be known, was reported to be suffering from depression over hardship and decided to take her life.
But reacting to the report, the state police command in a statement issued on Thursday night by its spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said there was nothing like suicide.
He said the viral reports were misleading and that the whereabouts of the woman were still unknown.
Ndukwe said: “On March 2, at about 8:30 a.m., the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) of Central Police Station (CPS) and Ogui Police Division received distress calls alleging that a woman abandoned her three children in front of God Is Good Terminal along Ogui Road by Osisatech Roundabout, Enugu.
“The callers further alleged that the woman stripped herself naked due to a mental disorder before running off to an unknown destination. The DPOs and their teams immediately moved to the scene, where they found and took the children to Ogui Police Station and commenced investigations to locate their mother.
“During investigations, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, wife of the Executive Governor of Enugu State, visited the Police Station, offering scholarships for welfare support for all three children (names withheld), aged six, three and two years, respectively.
“Afterward, they were handed over to the Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Development through Mrs. Ngozi Enih, the Honourable Commissioner overseeing the Ministry.
“Additionally, the woman’s husband reported to the Police Station and stated that his yet-to-be-seen wife recently started displaying strange behaviours, which suggested signs of mental health issues.
“He further stated that he returned from work in the morning hours of the said day of the incident, and met the absence of his wife and the children at their home in the Ugwuaji area of Enugu South Local Government Area.
“It is, therefore, expedient to categorically state that, contrary to the untrue and misleading viral publications, there was no such incident of the said woman dumping the children and committing suicide through a fatal motor accident in front of Ogui Police Station."
He insisted that there was no fatal motor-pedestrian accident recorded in front of the police station or along the entire stretch of Ogui Road, Enugu, on March 2, 2024.