Hair Stylist Commits Suicide With ‘Sniper’ Over N150,000 Microfinance Bank Loan

 

Sniper insecticide.

By Oladipupo Mojeed

A hair stylist, Yetunde Oladipupo, has committed suicide on Onabola Street, Owotutu,  Bariga local government area of Lagos state.

According to an eyewitness, Oladipupo took an insecticide, Sniper, on Friday shortly after seeing off some friends who had visited her.

Although the cause of the visit could not be ascertained, it was gathered that the mother of four went to a shop afterward and bought the insecticide.

She was alleged to have taken it and was later rushed to the General Hospital, Gbagada, where she was pronounced dead.

Eyewitnesses

From the investigation by The Punch, it was learnt that Yetunde had taken a loan of about N150,000 from a microfinance bank and the creditor had been pestering her to pay.

A resident, who begged anonymity, said the victim was always depressed because she had no means of repaying the debt.

“Iyabo (Oladipupo) has four children and her husband is based in Abuja. He comes home once in a while. She was a hairdresser and had a small shop where she sold some things.

“She borrowed N150,000 from a microfinance bank. When the pressure became too much for her and she could not pay, she became desperate, drank the insecticide and died.”

Another resident said two friends had visited her a few minutes before the incident, adding that it was after the visit that she decided to take her life.

“Around 7pm, two friends visited her and she saw them off. As she was returning, she went to a shop opposite her house where they sell provisions.

“After picking the insecticide, she asked the shopkeeper for a nylon wrapper, but the shopkeeper declined her request and said she should return the insecticide. She kept it somewhere around her dress and left.

“As she was ascending the stairs to the first floor where she lived, she drank the insecticide. Within seconds, she started feeling uncomfortable and called her five-year-old child to go and get help. She was rolling on the floor and groaning with pain.

“Everybody was alarmed upon seeing the empty container of the insecticide. She was taken to a private hospital on the street, but she was rejected. She was then rushed to the General Hospital, Gbagada, where about five doctors struggled to save her life. She, however, died.”

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