A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Samuel Adegoke, has reportedly killed himself after losing his school fees and that of his friend in online gambling.
The National Diploma II student of Electrical Electronic Engineering died after allegedly drinking a chemical substance.
It was gathered that Mr Adegoke lost his fees to betting on Friday but died on Monday while the school was preparing for first-semester examinations.
He reportedly accessed the bank account of his roommate by stealing his password.
It was further gathered that the school had warned that no student would be allowed to sit an examination without completing their registration.
Mr 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.
The spokesperson of the school, Sola Abiala, confirmed the incident.
Mr Abiala, who spoke with our correspondent 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 Mr Adegoke had taken a chemical substance.
“The Rector said he was called from the school clinic that one of the students is sick. Adegoke Samuel, ND 2 in Electrical Electronic Engineering was later referred to Hosanah specialist hospital.
When they got there, they got the information that he used his school fees to bet and lose. He also used his roommate’s to bet and also lost,” Abala said.
“We have a policy here that any student that does not pay school fees will not write examination. He realized that he and his friend would not write the exam, that was why he committed suicide.
“We sent for his parents and briefed them. His father told us that his late son did the same last session and he had to send money to him to pay the fees. He said if he had known about the latest one, he would have paid for it.”