A 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has committed suicide after lending her “online lover” N500,000.
The deceased, identified as Sanni Hameedat was a 200-level student of the Department of Mathematics. She was found dead in her off-campus hostel room.
According to Rubiks, the private hostel management she stayed in before her passing, in a statement made available to the press on Wednesday, Hameedat fell into depression after she couldn’t get her money back.
“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.”
Further investigations revealed that 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 management stressed that she had allegedly ingested a bottle of pesticide popularly known as Sniper the previous night, and her roommate (name withheld), who had gone to bed early, woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of her groining in distress while she was foaming from her mouth and also throwing up.
“Alarmed, the roommate called for help, and she was rushed to UITH before being declared dead,” the statement read.
The Student Union President, Ologundudu Adesunkanmi, popularly called Royal Prince, confirmed the incident, corroborating the narration of the hostel management.
“The Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Student Affairs are very much aware of the issue, and they have reported to the appropriate authority to begin a full-length investigation into the matter. It is sad that the university community lost her in such a devastating manner.”
The school has not given an official statement yet.