11-yr-old boy commits suicide over N200

An 11-year-old boy, Terkula Botwer, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree at Achusa village in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State.
An eyewitness that the teenager allegedly took his life after being accused by his guardian of stealing N200, the only money she had.
A source said: “It all happened on Sunday morning, when the boy’s guardian, Mrs. Nadoo Hember, was alleged to have complained that her only N200 was missing in the house she lived in with the late boy.
“She confronted the boy, who denied taking the money. But as she was leaving for church, she allegedly warned the boy that if the money was not found, she would be forced to return him to his patents in the village.
“Unfortunately, when she got back from church later in the day, the boy was nowhere to be found. But after a search, the lifeless body of the boy was seen hanging on a tree at the back of the house.
“It was at that point that she raised alarm that attracted neighbours, who gathered at the scene.”
Corroborating the story, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistant Superintendent Austin Ezeani, said the matter was reported last Sunday at the ‘B’ Division of the state Police Command from where officers went and recovered the remains of the boy from the scene after which they deposited same at Makurdi Federal Medical Centre.
Ezeani, who said no arrests had been made on the issue, added that “we are carrying out serious investigations into the matter to unravel the mystery of the bizarre death.”