Tension As Woman Kills Herself Inside Church
Benita Lurk Ikuenobe, a 41-year-old woman, was discovered dead in a suspected suicide inside the auditorium of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) Prayer City along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Security expert Zagazola Makama, who reported the incident on Sunday, said it occurred on Friday morning and was initially flagged by the church’s Chief Security Officer, Esiere Ekikere.
According to Ekikere, he received a distress call at approximately 7:20 a.m. alerting him to an unresponsive woman lying on the floor of the church auditorium.
Upon arriving at the scene, he found the woman motionless, with an empty bottle of a suspected poisonous substance—believed to be a popular pesticide (name withheld)—lying beside her.
According to the report, police officers visited the scene, documented it with photographs, and later transferred the body to the Real Divine Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The report also noted that efforts are underway to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Efforts to reach the state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, for comment via her mobile phone were unsuccessful.
