A 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Sanni Hameedat, reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on the social media platform, Snapchat, the sum of N500,000.

In a statement, Rubiks, the private hostel management she resided in before her demise, says that Hameedat was undergoing her SIWES program before the incident happened.

The cause of death, as stated by the management, is depression which spanned from pressure from online loan app agents demanding fast repayment of the loan she borrowed, conjoined with the inability of her brother to assist her financially.

“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 contacts, 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.”

Hameedat managed to get N450,000 from loan apps, adding her savings of N50,000 to make up the N500,000 she loaned out.

As the management maintained, 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.

“Alarmed, the roommate sought help, and she was rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) before being declared dead.”

In the meantime, the Dean of the Student Affairs Unit, Prof M.T. Yakubu, and the Head of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun of the institution, were yet to comment on the issue as they both claimed to be partaking in the 37th and 38th combined convocation ceremony which kickstarted on Monday, October 16, 2023.

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However, UNILORIN’s Student Union President, Ologundudu Adesunkanmi, widely called Royal Prince, confirmed the incident, his statement collaborating with the management’s.

He said, “The Vice-Chancellor and the 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.”