A lottery shop operator, identified simply as Baba Pool, on Thursday committed suicide over his alleged failure to pay some of his customers their winnings.

It was gathered that the deceased hanged himself inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased, in a suicide note, blamed two people for his death.

He wrote, “For your information, Bourney and Osuma. Two of them kill me. A killer must surely die.”


Our correspondent learnt that the deceased pasted the note at three strategic places in the market before he took his own life.

According to the Iyaloja of the market, Aderemi Thomas, the accused persons played lottery in the deceased’s shop, but after winning, they could not get their money.

She said, “I was called around 8am to come to the market because Baba Pool had committed suicide. I called the owner of the shop to join me in the market, but he said he was far away.


“When I got to the market, I was told what happened and not long after, the police came to interrogate us and we took them to the scene.

“I learnt that Bonny and Osuma came to play lottery in his shop, but he did not submit their tickets to the lottery office. So, when those people realised that they had won, they asked for their money. Instead of explaining to them that he did not submit their tickets, he committed suicide.”

The Babaloja of the market, Najimudeen Ajadi, said he was doing sanitation when someone notified him of the incident.

Our correspondent learnt that the matter was reported at the Sabo Police Station.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, who confirmed the incident, said the two accused persons had been arrested for questioning.

He said, “We received a report about a 70-year-old who committed suicide in the market. The man accused one 85-year-old man and another man. He left a note that those two people were responsible for his death; we want to look at the extent of their culpability. We have commenced investigation on the role they might have played and on why he accused them.”



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Things are really happening

Yea!!......Something must kill a man..

If What I Read Was True, Then The Pool Man Is Owing Them. Why Operating Pool Business When You Know That He Cannot Handle The Outcome? He Did Not Submit Their Paper And Did Not Refund Them Before Result Came Out.

Gambler with there wahala sef .....

Nawa o

Gambling is never for gentle people.


Birds of same feather flocks together they say.

What nonsense

The man don taya for life

Juliusmomoh:
Gambler with there wahala sef .....

Must you appear in all the thread On Nairaland forum

NaijaCoverBlog:


Must you appear in all the thread On Nairaland forum

Bruwari fingered in this.....

NaijaCoverBlog:

Must you appear in all the thread On Nairaland forum

It seems u don't knw me

Juliusmomoh:

It seems u don't knw me

I'm I a Ghost, that will know everyone

NaijaCoverBlog:


I'm I a Ghost, that will know everyone

I wonder why some pipu will not mind there business here....... U nko must u appear on any thread on NL

I don't see any challenges however insurmountable, any ugly situation, any commission or omission of mine that will warrant me to kill myself.. May his troubled soul find solace wherever the dead goes.

2020 is just one hell of a yr. Ppl just dey fall up and down, left and right, everywhere. I weep for this yr o!

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This life sef.......

ghettokid1:
Cc, Fergie001
Cc, perfecttouchade
Coman see o

it's a serious something o...the man don think think so tey he decided to take his Life...things dey happen my brother, make God epp us.
No matter what anyone is facing, they should be ready to share with someone who will encourage them and give them hope not to do things to harm theirselves even when in a difficult situation