A man identified as Abiodun Onipede has been arrested for attempting to commit suicide over his inability to refund a fifty Thousand ‘Lapo’ loan.
Abiodun Onipede Onipede who was arrested by the Anti-Vandal team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State command while attempting to mount the rope in the bush along Ayetoro road in Abeokuta to take his life .
Vanguard gathered that he had tied the rope to a big tree and was about hanging himself when a member of the team who wanted to ease himself in the bush stumbled on him and stopped .
It was further gathered that, the Suspect, a commercial Tricyclist was a 200 level drop-out of Federal College of Education, Osiele due to financial incapability. Onipede had lost one of his children due to his inability to pay the hospital bills.
He had raised money for the child surgery which was successful but, later lost him after complication . While speaking with newsmen, Onipede, a 34-year old father of five said he was a former staff of Traffic Compliance and Agency in the state.
He said his inability to perform his responsibility as the head of the family led him to attempt suicide . He added that his failure to pay the ‘Lapo’ loan, an informal money lender syndicate forced him to take the decision to take his life. ‘Lapo’ loan is a popular loan among the Yoruba entities; where people are being lent money with a high interest.
He however, said he regretted his action, saying, “ it was not my fault, am just a frustrated man that does not know what else to do. “I wish to go back to school; I want the government to help me with a job that can cater for my family and other things that are important”.
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