Nigeria, March 7 -- A woman has committed suicide after dropping three of her children at a police facility in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria.

The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, happened on Saturday.

The yet-to-be-identified woman was said to have walked into Ogui Police Divisional Headquarters in the Enugu North Local Government Area of the state and dropped the children without speaking to anyone.

She subsequently stripped herself, came out of the police facility and ran into a moving vehicle which killed her instantly.

The three children were said to be aged six, four, and two.

Some police operatives and shop owners around the area attributed the woman's action to frustration over the increasing economic hardship and rising co...