Woman Burns Self Over N70,000 Debt In Ogun
A middle-aged woman identified as Mama Dada has set herself on fire in her rented apartment allegedly over her inability to offset a N70,000 loan she took from a microfinance bank.
The deceased burnt beyond recognition as the entire building situated at Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta was razed.
An eyewitness, Bolanle Ajayi, who resides in the area, while speaking to Punch confirmed that the woman took her own life after she could not pay back the loan.
She said, “I was told that she obtained the loan running into N70,000.”
A former member of the community bank’s group, who identified herself simply as Mrs Adeogun, said that an ‘unprecedented embarrassment’ will befall anyone who refuses to pay back the loan at the set date.
She said, “If you refuse to pay them back a...