Former YFM presenter Princess Ada, popularly known as Ms Ada, has revealed that she once attempted to commit suicide following her claim that she was raped in 2015.
In an interview with media personality Amanda Jissih, Ms Ada said she was emotionally shattered after the incident.
She said although she maintained that she had been raped, police investigations later concluded that the incident was staged.
“I got too broken. I think I tried suicide in the hospital while I had police around me,” she stated.
Ms Ada explained that doctors and nurses at the hospital were aware of her mental state, so they were careful not to leave drugs or harmful items near her.
However, one day, her caretaker made a mistake.
“They have this chunk of drugs they gave me. A lot, a lot of them. And usually, they don’t keep my drugs around me. Because of psychological calculation, you foresee I will commit suicide. So, no drugs, no Dettol, none of that stuff are around me. But one time, for some reason, I think my caretaker forgot and left the Dettol and every other thing around me,” she said.
According to Ms Ada, the night her caretaker left the drugs by her, she woke up, gathered the drugs, and mixed them with a bottle of Dettol before consuming it all.
“So, I woke up at night. And I picked the bottle of Dettol with all the drugs that I had. I know that if you even take an overdose of those drugs, you can easily lose your life. I can read. So, I knew what I was taking. And so, I put all of them together. And then I added my Dettol to it. And then I took it,” she shared.
She further noted that at the time, she was also dealing with severe sleep issues, barely managing 15 minutes of rest over several days.
But after taking the detergent, Ms Ada said she slept more than she had in days.
“And I was having a sleep crisis. In like 72 hours, I can barely sleep for like 15 minutes. So in the ward, when they hear that Ada is sleeping, all the nurses will start shushing. Had I still slept? Had I still slept? Because I will not sleep. I’m always up. I’m always up. I’m battling. When I took that thing that day, I woke up the next day at about noon,” she said.
She also revealed that before losing consciousness, she typed a note on her computer addressed to her best friend and lawyer, Simon.
“And I remember I typed. After taking it, I had my computer and I write every day of my life what is happening to me. So, my lawyer, Simon, was actually my best friend. So, I left him a note and said that in all of those things, I didn’t know you before this, but you’re the only one person who has shown me love and I appreciate you,” she added.
What happened in 2015?
Princess Ada, popularly known as Ms Ada (Adaeze Onyinyechie Ayoka) made headlines in 2015 after news broke that she had been abducted and gang-raped.
Photos of the alleged act also circulated on social media at that time.
However, police investigations revealed that she staged the rape incident.
Ms Ada, at that time, said she hired the services of a private investigator to get to the bottom of the matter, and it was found out that she was a victim of sexual violence; thus, making the police report unacceptable.
She also noted that it was after the incident that she got to know for the first time that she was suffering from a bi-polar disorder.
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