20-year-old UNILORIN Student Commits Suicide after Losing N500,000 to Online Lover

Malik Yahya/

A 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Sanni Hameedat, has reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on a social media platform the sum of N500,000.

According to a statement made available by Rubiks, the management of the private hostel she resided in, Hameedat was undergoing her Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) before the unfortunate incident.

The management asserted that the cause of her death was not unrelated to the pressure from agents of the loan app she was owing, who were demanding immediate repayment, coupled with her brother’s inability to assist her financially, which led to suffering depression.

“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 half of the N1 million 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 up all 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

“Hameedat, therefore, managed to gather N450,000 from the loan apps, adding her savings of N50,000 to make up the borrowed N500,000,” the statement read.

The management further maintained that she was reported to have ingested a bottle of pesticide popularly known as Sniper the previous night, and her roommate (name withheld), who had retired to bed early, woke up in the middle of the night to discover her in distress while she was foaming from her mouth and also vomiting.

“Alarmed, the roommate sought help, and she was rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) before being declared dead,” the statement concluded.

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