A 16-year-old girl, Maryam Samuel, has allegedly taken her life at Kaltungo community in Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesman of the Gombe State Police Command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident on Saturday in Gombe, said the girl was found hanging on a tree.
He said the incident occurred on March 14, barely 24 hours after the deceased left home to fetch firewood.
“On Friday, at about 9:00 a.m., a case of suicide was reported at Kaltungo Divisional Headquarters by the village head of Kalarin.
“The deceased later identified as Maryam Samuel, 16 years old from Kalarin ward was seen hanged with rope on a tree at Kalarin mountain without any marks of violence found on her body,” he said.
Abdullahi said the corpse had been deposited at the General Hospital Kaltungo.
