A businesswoman, Olubunmi Uko, has reportedly disappeared from her home with her last child identified as Seun, leaving behind two of her older children and a suicide note.
Uko was reported to have complained bitterly to a relative about the decline in her business as a result of the exchange rate and the rise in her debts which was described as beyond redemption.
The single mother of three was reported to have left her home last Friday after she woke her older children, Iyiola and Toni to inform them that she was going to visit someone.
The older children later found a suicide note after their mother had departed.
Speaking to news agency, Vanguard, a relative of the missing woman who identified himself as Folu said: “She addressed the suicide note to her children, her mother and to any other person concerned. She said nobody should bother to look for her, that she was going to jump into the river and end it all.
“She said she was tired of life. She also said that by the time the letter would be seen, she would have ended inside the belly of a shark.
“She had always complained of dwindling business due to high exchange rate. At a point, she complained that she owed people and had no means to pay back. She also said that she borrowed half a million naira to offset the loan, but decided to use it on her business with the hope to realise some gain, but that the money ended up sinking in the business.”
Another relative, Mimnimah Uko, who identified as the cousin-in-law to the missing woman while speaking on the disappearance said: “Our prayer is for God to have mercy by ensuring her safe return and that of her son, Seun. We are imploring Nigerians to please join us to pray.”
Reports indicate that prayer sessions are being held at various locations to facilitate the safe return of the single mother of three.