Tragedy struck as a female student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Sanni Hameedat, ended her life after her lover on Snapchat swindled her of N500,000.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the deceased, aged 20, was undergoing her Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) programme, when the incident happened.
According to multiple reports, the money the late student gave to her lover, who happened to be a scammer, belonged to her mother.
She was said to have borrowed money from loan app agents to pay back some part of the money but more pressure was mounted on her.
The sad incident was confirmed in a statement by the school authority.
According to the statement, her inability to pay back the loan threw her into depression before she finally took her own life.
It said, “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 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.”
The deceased was said to have gathered N450,000 from the loan apps, adding her savings of N50,000 to make up the borrowed N500,000.
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.
The statement stated: “Alarmed, the roommate sought help, and she was rushed to UITH before being declared dead.”