Nigeria, June 22 -- A 25-year-old woman has committed suicide in Anambra State over a breakup with her boyfriend after allegedly aborting three pregnancies with him.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Saturday that the incident occurred on Thursday in Onitsha, the state's commercial hub.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the unnamed woman was found dead on Thursday under unknown circumstances.

"A note suspected to be a suicide message was also recovered at the scene with a disturbing narrative of relationship break up after having three abortions for an unidentified man named Chigozie," he said.

He said the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, has ordered the...