A man in his early 30s, Mr. Uchenna, hanged himself in his room along Abak road in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, after losing N22,000 to sports betting.
Our correspondent gathered that Uchenna
was a perpetual sports gambler with Naija Bet and that he took the said
sum he lost from his boss in the hope that he would replace it when he
wins. Uchenna’s roommate, Ifiok, said the deceased had been lamenting
after losing the money and got himself into a terrible state of mind.
“I went out to buy something from Plaza
(the city center) and on getting back I found that everywhere was
locked. I knew Uchenna hasn’t gone out and I wondered what must have
made him lock up himself. I tried to open the door for several minutes
without success until I had to force it open. I then found him hanging
from the ceiling fan in our room and his eyes had popped out,” Ifiok
said. A neighbour who spoke to our correspondent, Uto Udobia, decried
the high rate of sports betting which has become prevalent among the
youths and even elders
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