SUICIDE: Sanni Hameedat, a 20-year-old University of Ilorin student, is said to have killed herself after giving N500,000 to a boy she met on the social media app Snapchat.
In a statement provided to PUNCH Online on Wednesday, Rubiks, the private hostel management where Hameedat lived prior to her death, said that she was enrolled in the SIWES program at the time of the tragedy.
The management claimed that the pressure from the app agents, who demanded quick payback, along with her brother’s inability to support her financially, contributed to her melancholy and ultimately caused her death.
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“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.”
As a result, Hameedat was able to obtain N450,000 from the loan applications and add it to her N50,000 in savings to cover the N500,000 loan.
The management further contended that the previous night, she was said to have consumed a bottle of pesticide known as Sniper, and that her roommate (name withheld), who had gone to bed early, woke up in the middle of the night to find her in distress and vomiting.
“Alarmed, the roommate sought help, and she was rushed to UITH before being declared dead,” the statement concluded.
In the meantime, terse messages were sent to Prof. M.T. Yakubu, the Dean of the Student Affairs Unit, and Kunle Akogun, the Head of Corporate Affairs, requesting their comments on the matter. However, both individuals claimed to be participating in the 37th and 38th combined convocation ceremony, which began on Monday, October 16, 2023.
However, when reaching out to Ologundudu Adesunkanmi, also known as Royal Prince, the president of the Student Union, he verified the occurrence and supported the hostel management’s account.
He stated , “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.”
