One Samuel Adegoke, a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, has reportedly killed himself after losing his school fees and that of his friend to online betting.
It was learnt that the deceased reportedly used his school fee to play bet online on Friday but lost.
He reportedly swindled his friend who shared a room with him by getting his password and used his fee to play and also lost.
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Meanwhile the school had earlier warned that no student would be allowed to take examination without complete payment.
Adegoke, who was a National Diploma II student of Electrical Electronic Engineering, reportedly committed suicide on Monday, when his colleagues were preparing for their first-semester exam.
He was 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.
According to him Adegoke died on Monday morning while the exam was about to start.
