Sanni Hameedat, a 20-year-old student at the University of Ilorin, tragically took her own life due to the immense pressure of an outstanding N400,000 loan from an online lending platform.
According to an anonymous source who shared this distressing information with Vanguard on Wednesday, Hameedat was pronounced dead at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).
She had consumed a poisonous substance, Sniper before the hostel porters were alerted and summoned an ambulance to rush her to the hospital.
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20-year-old commits suicide
The source revealed that the primary cause of her distress was the relentless harassment by loan shark agents, as Hameedat had defaulted on her repayment plan. Her financial troubles began when her mother entrusted her with a substantial sum of money, which she subsequently lost to a man she met on Snapchat.
The man claimed he urgently needed N400,000 to treat his mother, who allegedly suffered from breast cancer. Hameedat, who had N1 million that she was holding for her mother, decided to lend her friend the money, expecting to be repaid.
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However, when her mother required the money back, the individual abruptly cut off all communication, blocking her completely.
Distressed and left in a dire situation, Hameedat turned to loan apps to secure over N400,000, which she added to her existing savings to make up the N500,000 she had given to her friend.
Over time, Hameedat found herself trapped in a cycle of debt, struggling to repay the borrowed funds and facing severe financial difficulties.
The last time anyone saw her was around 11:00 p.m. the previous night when she mentioned she was going shopping. Shockingly, she was discovered to have ingested Sniper at around 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Her roommate, who had retired early that night (name withheld), awoke to find Hameedat in severe distress, vomiting and foaming at the mouth.
