A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Samuel Adegoke, on Monday reportedly ended it after losing his fees and that of his friend to online betting.
It was gathered that the deceased reportedly used his school fee to play an online betting on Friday but lost. Adegoke, who was a National Diploma II student of Electrical Electronic Engineering, reportedly commit suicide on Monday, when his colleagues were preparing for their first semester examinations.
According to reports, he swindled his friend who shared a room with him by getting his password and used his fee to play and also lost. 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.