A staff of a new generation bank in Lagos, Amarachi Ugochukwu, has committed suicide.
The 32-year-old deceased was a marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Ms Ugochuckwu reportedly drank an insecticide on Monday within the premises of the bank.
The deceased had around 1 pm made her way into the restroom, where she drank the insecticide, unknown to her colleagues, it was learnt.
Her colleagues started looking for her when the phone she left on her table kept ringing and she was not around to pick up the calls.
She was later found dead inside the toilet with the bottle of insecticide and her suicide note.
In the suicide note, she blamed the hard economy for her decision to end her life, saying nothing was working well for her.
“Nothing is working in my life. My figures are low. My brain is clogged up. The economy is getting harder. My decisions are wrong. My mind is messed up.
The future doesn’t seem bright at all. I see extreme hardship. I can’t bear the pain anymore,” she wrote in the suicide note.
Ms Ugochukwu also apologised to her parents and other members of her family in the suicide note.
“I’m sorry mum, I’m sorry dad, I’m sorry Nene, Okwe, Toto, Nazor, Chuchu, Ifunanya,” she added.
She ended the note thus: “Dear Lord, have mercy on me!”
The incident was reported to the police by the manager of the bank.
She was later examined by a medical doctor, who confirmed her dead.
The corpse was removed by the police and deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital for autopsy.
There was no immediate statement from the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin.