300L Unilorin female student commits suicide over N500,000 loan indebtedness for lover
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin
A 300Level Microbiology female undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara state has reportedly taken her own life, Monday morning.
Westernpost gathered that the deceased, identified as Hameedah Sanni, aged 20, committed suicide by drinking sniper, a strong pesticide used for agricultural purposes.
Two versions of the cause of her death were also gathered; as a version said that the deceased committed suicide over continous harassment from several online loan apps that she was in debt with, while another version said she was scammed by her online lover to the tune of over N500,000.
Sources in her hostel facility located on the university campus on Sunday said that Hameedah had informed some of her friends that she had bought Sniper to take her own life, a threat which was said to have initially made to her parents.
The sources also said that her friends actually tried to convince her not to take that line of action, but her room mates reportedly saw her writhing in pain, in her bed, early hours on Monday.
It was learnt that the hostel porter along with others quickly mobilized to get urgent medical attention for her but was pronounced ‘Brought In Dead’ on getting to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).
“She had threatened to commit suicide since last week when operators of the loan apps resorted to sending demeaning text messages to her, her friends and relations, and also her parents.
“She first enmeshed in debt around April 2023 when she was said to have outstanding loans from the apps in the region of N270,000. At that point, her parents and siblings had got involved with the siblings offsetting her indebtedness even without the knowledge of her parents.
“Hameedah reportedly told her dad then, that she had borrowed the money to stake in online sport betting apps and that she lost all the money.
“Recently again, it was discovered that Late Hameedah could not account for a sum of money said to be over N400,000 kept in her care by her mother. Hameedah had said that she lent out the money to a friend whose mother is being treated for cancer at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
“Upon the assertion, her family were said to have asked Hameedah for the identity of the borrower, a request to which she replied that she had lost contact with the borrower who had since disappeared into thin air.
“On Sunday, her siblings were said to have asked her to produce the transaction receipt by which she used to transfer money to the borrower, a request she hadn’t conveniently responded to until the time of her death”.
Unilorin Students Union President (SUG) president, Ologundudu Adesunkanmi, confirmed the incident.
“The Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Student Affairs have notified the relevant authorities to initiate a comprehensive inquiry into the matter,” he said.
Also speaking on the development, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Okasanmi Ajayi, requested for some time to gather information on the incident from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Tanke area of the metropolis.
