An unfortunate end it was for one Mr. Gabriel Agochi of Ndok in Ishibori, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State when he allegedly slaughtered himself with a machete because he couldn’t repay a loan granted him by a local thrift association.

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Agochi who was said to be in his mid 40s and a transport operator residing in Agiga in Ogoja Local Government of the state until his death, had a transport company with a fleet of three golf cars.
It was gathered that Agochi wanted to take advantage of the ember months to make brisk money thus he allegedly approached the local thrift association, Agiga Ususu Association, to collect a loan of N600,000 (six  hundred thousand naira) to enable him add to the number of cars in his fleet.
A member of the association and close fried of the deceased who gave his name as Mike said Gabriel “had one golf car with which he was operating his business but early this year he came to us and got the sum of N600,000 to add with his own and bought Volkswagen golf  car.”
He said that instead of him to repay the N600,000 loan he collected from the thrift association, he went ahead and  bought another golf in September to add to his fleet of cars in readiness for the December rush.
However, nature had other plans as the Ogoja-Calabar highway which is already in a state of pathetic disrepair, was further devastated leading to low returns from the cars which made it impossible to keep to the terms of paying back the loan as agreed.
The association it was gathered had notified him about two weeks ago that it was their tradition to share their money in the last week of November so that members can plan for Christmas which is the principal reason for the thrift and that the interest his loan accrued was N200, 000 making it a total of N800, 000 to be paid to the association.
The deceased reportedly made frantic efforts to raise the money to no avail and in a final attempt, he called his elder brother who works in Abuja to come to his rescue, but got a November ending date for respite.
Gabriel according to sources was said to have told his brother that if he failed to respond soon, he might not meet him, a remark which the sources claimed irked his brother who wanted to know “where he was leaving to.”
But on Tuesday last week, Gabriel allegedly picked his machete and headed towards the backyard, when his wife asked him what he wanted to do with the machete, he reportedly told her that he wanted to clear  grass at the back yard.
A neighbor who gave her name as Jacinta said, “It was there he used the sharp knife to tear his throat and started to bleed heavily. When his phone rang and  his wife went it to the backyard to give to him that she  saw the man on the ground bleeding and she shouted for help.”
He was rushed to the hospital but died few hours after and his body was deposited at the Ogoja General Hospital mortuary.
“There is more than meets the eye in that suicide case. Said a police source in Ogoja Divisional Police Station said. “A man with three cars and lives in his own house cannot sell one of those to pay his debts but had to cut himself with a machete. We are still investigating the matter any way” the source added.

Source:http://www.informationnigeria.org/2012/11/strange-man-with-3-cars-slits-own-throat-over-n800000-debt-in-ogoja.html#respond

Only in GREAT NIGGERIA

wah? derz more dan meets d eye indeed!

The only wise thing he shoulf have don was hand over at least 2 of the cars to the thrift association members to auction the car off and get back their money. Instead of taking his life for something with an obvious solution.

That surely won't still stop them from seizing the vehicles to recoup their money. Afterall, a debt is a debt even after debt.

The only wise thing he shoulf have don was hand over at least 2 of the cars to the thrift association members to auction the car off and get back their money. Instead of taking his life for something with an obvious solution.

That surely won't still stop them from seizing the vehicles to recoup their money. Afterall, a debt is a debt even after death.

When Jimoh Ibrahim, Otedola, Ifeanyi Ubah & co haven't slit their throats... Who is he?

acidtalk: The only wise thing he shoulf have don was hand over at least 2 of the cars to the thrift association members to auction the car off and get back their money. Instead of taking his life for something with an obvious solution.

That surely won't still stop them from seizing the vehicles to recoup their money. Afterall, a debt is a debt even after death.

Settling of the debt would require selling of all the three cars. N800,000 is big money.

Killing himself was a bad decision. No condition is permanent.

Life don tire the man before. See you in hell.

Poor people can do some silly things....Ah!

Ouch

And I know this man o.... He is tonto dikeh's cousin

is there truth in this story? well it is just a story sha!!

That cannot be the reason he killed himself, if he is of sound mind.

Dis guy is a stupid how can u killed urself judt because can't pay ur debt There's nothing dat can substitute life

Dis guy is a stupid how can u killed urself judt because can't pay ur debt There's nothing dat can substitute life

Most people have lost there faith in God the giver of all you could ever ask for. Killing himself was the greatest calamity that has happened to him, taking a life he could not create. oh, what a disaster that has befallen this soul and there is no second chance. There is no point saying RIP.

SMH

If this man was educated!

blink182: Life don tire the man before. See you in hell.

How you wan take see am for hell?

blink182: Life don tire the man before. See you in hell.

So you sef don know your final destination bah? You don know say you and the man go be neighbors. I didn't say so you did yourself.

Okay....he just reduced the number of lunatics in that country! Congrats to him

Na which kain bad news be dis?,she con put hin wife and children for wahala again jus because he borrow and cant pay on time.
Se den go kill am?,he no get liver at all,most bussiness men dey do am nw,smh.

Don't know which is worse, the fact that this guy committed suicide or the badly constructed english people typed as comments. Gosh! If these are the leaders of tomorrow, then the future of this country is in God's hands.

people should learn to grow their money to enable them expand in their ventures.
Borrowings from source other than banks can spell disaster in the long run. Some of those thrift contributors might envy the guy for investing their contributed money for his personal gain even though he pays back with the usual interest accrued.

Anything is possible in that town where I was raised as a kid.

Damojo: Don't know which is worse, the fact that this guy committed suicide or the badly constructed english people typed as comments. Gosh! If these are the leaders of tomorrow, then the future of this country is in God's hands.

lol naija english

Damojo: Don't know which is worse, the fact that this guy committed suicide or the badly constructed english people typed as comments. Gosh! If these are the leaders of tomorrow, then the future of this country is in God's hands.

I guess you are a fresher, its only a matter of time before you get used to it

Selfish loser. Didn't even consider the agony of his family after his demise.

mmmustapha: Dis guy is a stupid how can u killed urself judt because can't pay ur debt There's nothing dat can substitute life

pls check ur grammer

That s one of the side effects of keeping matchets (abi na knife una dey call am there) at home. Horrible death. He did it the BOKO ARE RAMS' style. Insanity of the highest order.

M ma-ekwe uwa gbuo onwe m?

May b d man don tire 4 dis world :DMay b d man don tire 4 dis world