37-year-old attempts suicide over visa deal gone bad
The Kano Fire Service said on Thursday that it rescued 37-year-old Saifillahi Rabiu, who attempted to die by suicide over a failed deal.
The fire service’s spokesman, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement.
Mr Abdullahi stated that the incident happened Thursday morning at State Road, Tarauni LGA.
“We received a distress call at about 10:07 a.m. from the Ministry of Works and Housing, Kano state, about a suicide attempt by hanging on a tree. On receiving the information, we quickly sent our fire fighting vehicle to the scene at 10:10 a.m.,” he stated.
According to the statement, Mr Rabiu, a resident of Semegu Quarters, attempted to hang himself over his inability to refund N2 million to those he tried to assist in obtaining a travel Visa.
“During interrogation, we gathered that Rabiu connected some people to those that process travel visa to foreign countries, which was successful. Those he tried to help, however, rejected the visa, saying it was not the type they paid for and demanded a refund of their money already paid to the processors.
“We reliably gathered that he was able to raise half a million naira only. But pressure and threats from the people he wanted to assist made him try to take his own life,” the fire official added.
He stated that Mr Rabiu was rescued and handed over to Zaharaddini of the Farm Centre Police Division.
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