She jumped from the roof of her apartment building, dying later in hospital

A pregnant Ghanaian woman has committed suicide after finding her husband having sex with her own mother, who had also fallen pregnant by the cheating man, it has been claimed.

The unidentified woman is understood to have returned home early from a shopping trip to find her husband and her mother having sex in the married couple's bed.

Shortly afterwards the woman is said to have discovered that the man her mother's pregnancy was the result of her secret relationship with the cheating husband.

Devastated at their betrayal, the pregnant wife is understood to have jumped from the roof of her apartment building, dying as a result of her injuries in hospital later the same day.

Tragic: The unidentified woman, who has been pictured in Africa media and on Twitter, is understood to have returned home early from a shopping trip to find her husband and her mother having sex in her bed

Details of the tragedy were revealed by Inquisitr.com, citing several sources.

It is understood that the woman's mother and husband had been having an affair for some time and that their secret relationship was only discovered when the wife caught them in act of having sex.

While still trying to come to terms with the double betrayal, the woman suffered further humiliation when she learned that her mother had actually fallen pregnant as a result of the affair.

Shattered by the news, the woman decided to take her own life - despite being pregnant herself.

According to a police report seen by Inquisitr, the woman actually survived the initial leap from her apartment building but died later in hospital as a result of her injuries.

All too much: Shortly after finding her mother and husband having sex, the woman is said to have discovered that her mother's pregnancy was the result of her secret relationship with the cheating man (file image)

There remains some confusion over exactly where the woman's alleged suicide took place, however with most reports claiming a local police report confirmed it happened in Ghana.

Meanwhile Nigerian news site Pulse claimed the woman actually took her own life while the family was on a visit to a country somewhere in Asia.

The case has sparked intense debate on social media in West Africa after some commentators criticised the woman for committing suicide, while others said she must be viewed as the victim.

The tragic story comes just months after a Zimbabwean woman named Tsitsi Zhou-Usiku discovered her mother having sex with her businessman husband in the village of Madhau.