Famous Lagos socialite and entrepreneur, Farida Sobowale
Famous Lagos socialite and entrepreneur, Farida Abdulkabir also known as Farida Sobowale, has opened up on why she wanted to plunge into a lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos.
Abdulkabir, the founder and CEO of the owner of House of Phreedah cited frustrations, failed marriage and many others as what propelled her action on Thursday night.
In a viral voice note on social media, she said her N100 million marriage with another socialite in Lagos, Demola Okulaja, crashed after two months.
Abdulkabir was seen being pacified to desist from jumping in a viral video, while rescuers were assuring her there was no need to take her life before she was whisked away into her vehicle and taken to an undisclosed destination.
The entrepreneur owns a beauty lounge and spa located at Akerele Street, Surulere, Lagos.
As a fallout of her crashed marriage, Farida who could not endure depression decided to end her life as she alighted from her black-coloured Sport Utility Vehicle on the Third Mainland Bridge to plunge into the lagoon.
[Watch video below as posted by Vanguard]
Video: Lagos residents prevent popular socialite, Farida Sobowale from jumping into lagoon
A couple of Lagos residents came to the rescue of the owner of House of Phareedah Bodycare and Spa, Mrs Farida Sobowale, as in an attempted suicide mission of jumping into a lagoon on… pic.twitter.com/MG1KfprxYt
— Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) August 18, 2023
She was married to another Lagos socialite, Demola Okulaja, in a grand marriage about two months ago.
Shortly after the wedding, Farida and Okulaja engaged in altercations, revealing shocking family secrets on social media, attacking themselves, and calling themselves unprintable names.
Okulaja, eventually walked out of the matrimonial home.
Farida, on her part, has been frustrated with many suicidal attempts.
She said: “Friends and families warned me not to go into the marriage. They told me that the man only wanted my money but I was recalcitrant.
“It was love that pushed me into this. He told me that he was going to be with me, make me bore children for him.
“I am so sorry for putting my children in such a position. I would not have forgiven myself if I had abandoned them after committing suicide.
“I have forgiven my ex-husband. May God provide him with another wife.”
(Voice of Naija/Vanguard)
