Popular comedian, Anita Asuoha aka Real Warri Pikin has recounted how she nearly killed herself over N22m debt.
In the latest edition of #WithChude, the podcast hosted by Chude Jideonwo, the media personality, recalled how she was taken to βthree different hospitalsβ before she regained consciousness after her attempted suicide.
The 32-year-old said: βIn 2017/2018 I had issues. Actually, I and my husband had issues, financial issues because we were in debt and everything. Then, I attempted suicide on June 6, 2018, but I didnβt die.
βThen they carried me to three different hospitals. In the last hospital when I woke up, I was like so I didnβt die? That meant God didnβt want me to die.β
She said the aftermath of her suicide attempt inspired her to venture into comedy βso I can use my story to heal peopleβ.
βThen I told God that I was going to use my story to heal people because I felt like he didnβt allow me to die because he wanted my story to touch peopleβs lives,β she said.
βTo me, it wasnβt a story that I was supposed to keep to myself and I knew the fastest way to do it was online.
βThen I had a small itel phone which I used. If you check, all the videos I did then wasnβt comedy to make people laugh but comedy to motivate people.
β I was always like even if youβre owing debt, the Federal Government is also owing debt, so you donβt need to kill yourself.
βJust take it one day at a time. So I think those things helped me heal because things I was supposed to tell myself, I was telling people.β