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Man Commits Suicide Over N250,000 Debt In Niger
The debts were causing him a lot of concern and he was in great distress. I tried to assure him that the situation of things would improve
A man identified as Saifullahi, on Monday, committed suicide by hanging himself over an alleged N300,000 debt.
Saifullahi’s body was found hanging from a rope in his bedroom by his neighbors on Monday afternoon His girlfriend who gave her name as Rebecca, told newsmen that her boyfriend had told her he was disturbed over some issues.
According to her, the deceased told her that he has accumulated a debt of N250,000 and did not know how he would pay his debts as the debtors have begun asking for their money.
“The debts were causing him a lot of concern and he was in great distress. I tried to assure him that the situation of things would improve, I did not know he would kill himself” Rebecca said
The residents cut down the rope the deceased used to kill himself and then buried him. No suicide note was found at the scene of the incident.