A Nigerian woman identified as Benita Lurk Ikuenobe has committed suicide inside the auditorium of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) Prayer City, located along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident occurred on Friday after the 41-year-old woman allegedly drank a bottle of a suspected poisonous substance, identified as “Sniper,” which was found lying beside her.
The Chief Security Officer of the church, Esiere Ekikere, said he received a distress call from the church auditorium at about 7:20 a.m., notifying him that an unidentified woman was lying motionless on the floor.
Upon arriving at the scene, he found the woman unresponsive, with an empty bottle of the poisonous substance.
Police operatives visited the scene to take photographs for documentation, and the body was later moved to the Real Divine Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Efforts are ongoing to determine the circumstances that led to the incident, as those familiar with the deceased are being approached to provide more information.