A 300L University of Ilorin student Sanni Hameedat has reportedly commits suicide after lending N500,000 to her boyfriend, whom she met on the social media app Snapchat.
According to reports, Hameedat was confirmed dead at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).
In a statement obtained by InsightMedia, Hameedat was undergoing her SIWES programme before the incident happened.
It was revealed that the pressure from the app agents, who demanded quick repayment, along with her brother’s inability to support her financially, contributed to her depression and eventual suicide.
“The cause of suicide was traced to financial misappropriation. She was entrusted with a significant sum of money by her mother. She crossed paths with a guy on Snapchat and developed a friendship.
“When the boy claimed that his mother was battling breast cancer and urgently needed N500,000, the compassionate and emotional lady decided to help him by lending him the money she held for her mother. And the boy promised to repay the borrowed money.
“However, when her mother needed the money back, the boy abruptly cut off all means of contact, blocking her. This left her deeply troubled and in order for her to make up the missing N500,000, she resorted to borrowing money from various apps.”
As a result, Hameedat obtained N450,000 from the loan apps, adding her savings of N50,000 to make up the borrowed N500,000.
The management further contended that the previous night, she was said to have consumed a bottle of pesticide known as Sniper, and that her roommate (name withheld), who had gone to bed early, woke up in the middle of the night to find her in distress, while she was foaming from her mouth and also vomiting.
“Alarmed, the roommate sought help, and she was rushed to UITH before being declared dead,” the statement concluded.
Meanwhile, both the Dean of the Student Affairs Unit, Prof MT Yakubu, and the Head of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun of the institution, could not comment on the issue in terse messages sent to them as they both claimed to be partaking in the 37th and 38th combined convocation ceremony which kickstarted on Monday, October 16, 2023. (Culled from Nigerian Tribune)
