Ogun Poly Student Commits Su*icide After Losing School Fees To Gambling
After losing his friend’s wager and his own tuition at the Federal Polytechnic in Ilaro, Ogun State, Samuel Adegoke reportedly took his own life by ingesting some chemical substance.
Punch learned that the deceased allegedly used his school tuition to wager money online on a Friday game, which he lost.
Adegoke, an Electrical Electronic Engineering National Diploma II student, reportedly committed suicide on Monday when his classmates were getting ready for their first-semester exam.
He allegedly stole the password from his roommate’s pal, used it to play with his money, and lost himself.
It was gathered that the school had warned that no student would be allowed to take an exam without completing their registration.
Adegoke was reportedly rushed to the school clinic where he was later referred to a specialist hospital outside the school in Ilaro before he was pronounced dead.
Confirming the incident, the Deputy Registrar, Public Relations of the school, Sola Abiala said the school quickly referred him to a specialist hospital to save his life but he was pronounced dead shortly after he was admitted to the hospital.
Abiala, who spoke with Punch on the phone said “He died on Monday morning while the exam was about to start”.
He said it was detected at the specialist hospital that the late student took a chemical substance.