A 54-year-old wife of Block E in Chief Mumena in Meheba Refugee Resettlement has committed suicide by hanging herself to a tree after differing with her husband over the bananas he brought and later sold to another woman, a move that angered her.
North-Western Province deputy police commanding officer Robison Moonga, who confirmed the incident, which happened over the weekend, identified the deceased as Chisola Chipango.
Her husband, Eliya Chilongo Njala, 59, an Angolan national, reported the matter to Meheba Police Station.
“According to information gathered from the husband, he came back from the fields and found his wife together with their two daughters having lunch, when his wife asked him why he did not come with some bananas from.
Zambia Daily Mail
