{"id":31997,"date":"2019-05-18T13:56:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=31997"},"modified":"2019-05-18T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:56:53","slug":"nollywood-star-eucharia-anunobi-counsels-against-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nollywood-star-eucharia-anunobi-counsels-against-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollywood Star, Eucharia Anunobi Counsels Against Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While suicide record increases among Nigerian youths, a\u00a0Nigerian veteran actress and producer, Eucharia Anunobi, has advised those going through depression not to consider suicide as an option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old actress-turned pastor came into stardom for her role in the movie series,\u00a0Glamour Girls (1994) and went on to star in over 90 movies including Abuja Connection (2004) and Letters to a Stranger (2007).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anunobi gave the advice by posting a solemn video on her official Instagram page captioned: \u201cI don\u2019t know who you are and where you are now watching this video. PLEASE SUICIDE IS NOT AN OPTION.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand on the finished work of Jesus Christ and command the spirit of depression to lose its hold over you now,\u201d she prayed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Anunobi lost her only son, 15-year-old Raymond, to complications from sickle cell anemia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The video had her recounting the loss of her son whom she described as her best friend on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to let you know that I also feel what you\u2019re feeling; I want you to use me as a point of contact.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost my only son and everyone practically deserted me. I haven\u2019t given up; I want to tell you not to give up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll will be well, suicide is not an option it\u2019s a sin against God,\u201d the evangelist said.<\/p>\n<p>In the past ten days, the nation has recorded suicide and attempted suicide cases calling for alarm among parents and guardians.<\/p>\n<p>An Abuja youth pastor and gospel artiste earlier in the week hung himself with his belt in his Lokogoma, Abuja residence.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the act was precipitated by issues relating to his relationships and cancelled wedding plans.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; While suicide record increases among Nigerian youths, a\u00a0Nigerian veteran actress and producer, Eucharia Anunobi, has advised those going through depression not to consider suicide as an option. &nbsp; The 53-year-old actress-turned pastor came into stardom for her role in the movie series,\u00a0Glamour Girls (1994) and went on to star in over 90 movies including &hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":31998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[5620,1013],"coauthors":[2393],"class_list":["post-31997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-faith","category-news","tag-eucharia-anunobi","tag-suicide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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