Lagos: Hairdresser Commits Suicide Over N150k Debt

Oladipupo, also known Iyabo, was said to have taken sniper insecticide after seeing off some friends who visited her residence.

Iyabo reportedly went to a shop after the visit, to buy the insecticide before taking it. She was then rushed to the General Hospital, Gbagada, where she was confirmed dead by doctors.

According to the Punch, the mother of four, had taken a loan of about N150,000 from a microfinance bank and the creditor had been pressurising her to pay.

A resident, confirmed to the Punch that Oladipupo was always depressed because she had no means of repaying the debt.

He said, “Iyabo 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 who gave details of the ugly incidence said: “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.”