Man, 27 the commit suicide over football betting

A 27 year old man has reportedly committed
suicide in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
The deceased allegedly took his live by hanging
himself on a ceiling fan in his apartment.
He was said to have lost out in a betting over
the outcome of a European Champion League
match.
The incident was said to have occurred in Oko-
Erin area of the town after the return leg match
between FC Barcelona of Spain and AS Roma of
Italy played in Italy.
He was said to have bet that Barcelona who
were leading by 4-1 in the first leg played at Nou
Camp, Spain would maintain lead at end of the
return leg and b through to the semi-final of the
championship.
However, the match turned out to be 3-0 in
favour of AS Roma making the aggregate result
to be 4-4 with Roma qualifying for the semi-final
at the expense of Barcelona by virtue of away
goals rule.
The result made the deceased to lose the
motorcycle to his opponent in the bet as the
opponent reportedly smiled home with the bike
from the viewing centre at the night immediately
after the match.
The man was said to be downcast with the loss
of the motorcycle as some said he used it for
commercial purposes and that it was his main
source of livelihood while some others said it
was someone else and not him the owner of the
bike and that he only had it in his custody on
behalf of the owner.
It was learnt that not being able to recover from
the trauma, the man resorted to committing
suicide by hanging himself.
An eyewitness who said not many people was
aware of the incident disclosed that the
development devastated the deceased’s Igbo
kinsmen in the area who lamented the action of
the man.
Kwara state police command spokesperson Ajayi
Okasanmi confirmed the suicide.
He said it was not in connection with Match
bettings.
Okasanmi explained that report with him
indicated that the man committed the suicide
because of huge debt hanging on his neck saying
“the man was said to have incurred debt here
and there.”