26-yr-Old Man Allegedly Commits Suicide In Jos Over N300,000 Debt

Tragedy as a 26-year-old man identified as Sarki Abdul allegedly committed suicide in Plateau state after drinking a poisonous substance suspected to be sniper.

The incident occurred at Dilimi area of Jos North on Sunday, February 21, two days after the Bauchi Poly graduate reportedly told his sister that he was fed up with the world.

According to a source close to the family, Sarki borrowed a sum of N300,000 from his childhood friend to invest in his scrap business with a promise to pay the money back in three weeks time.

It was also learnt that the deceased ran into a problem and could not pay back the money as promised but refused to tell his friend about his predicament.

According to the source, Abdul suddenly withdrew to himself and started acting in a strangely.

Source added that two days before he took the drastic step, he told his sister that he was fed up with this world and preferred to die.

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Hours before his death, at about 10:45 am on Sunday, Abdul approached his friend again to tell him that he was duped in the process of investing the money into scrap business and pleaded with him to give him more time to pay him back.

“After this encounter, he went to his shop which is adjacent to his friend’s shop and drank a complete bottle of sniper and fell to the ground. He was taken to Ola Hospital where he was confirmed dead,” said the family source.

Meanwhile, one Nazif Umar Maikwalli described the deceased as a simple, humble, well brought up and hardworking young man.

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