A 35-year old Ghanaian teacher in Techiman has committed suicide over failure to pay his debts.
According to report, the 35-year Old teacher, who is known as Teacher Gayo, has a taken several loans from friends and bank. These monies he took from the bank and his friends were used to place bet and nothing fruitful came out of it. He lost all the money through betting.
Aside this, he also owes his landlord which sometimes make him leave for work at dawn and come back home late in the night in order to escape the landlord.
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This has been going on for quite some time now. Life seemed unbearable for him and decided to take his own life.
Before taking his life, Teacher Gayo called a friend and told him he was going through a serious financial crisis due to his addiction to betting.
He had also confessed through the call that all the loans he took from the banks and his friends were used for betting and nothing fruitful.
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“I feel embarrassed speaking to you about this,” he remarked in parts of his call. Because of my gambling addiction, I have borrowed money from various people, including my landlady. I have been unable to attend school for the past three weeks. I am having difficulty repaying the loan I obtained from my landlord.
“I’m unable to repay my loans. I’m humiliated. I have no choice but to consume poison and perish. I don’t have anywhere else to go or someone to turn to. I’m at a crossroads. I have no money for meals, so kindly assist me with even Ghc100. I beseech you. I’m starving while I chat with you.” he said.