A participant in the MMM online financial help scheme has been reported to have attempted suicide following news that the scheme has halted help provision.
The man identified as Adakole is currently in critical condition after he allegedly consumed insecticide following the statement released on the financial scheme’s website.
The man, a resident of Otukpo in Benue State was reported to have reacted drastically to the confusion created by the latest statement issued on the scheme’s website.
Adakole according to reports had scheduled his wedding ceremony for December 28 and in preparation for the event invested the sum of N300,000 into the scheme hoping for the promised 30 percent interest before his wedding day.
Explaining the incident to DailyPost, an eyewitness narrated: “Kole is my childhood friend, we all grew up in Ugbokolo but when he traveled to Abuja to meet with the pastor of his fiancée, he said someone introduced him into the MMM thing but I and his babe warned him but he told us the scheme was not a scam.
“This early morning, he called me to check the internet if the story of the alleged crashed of the scheme was true, I told him so I heard and he screamed and hung up.
“When I heard him, I knew it was no longer funny, so I had to rush to his house around Sabon Gari to discover that he had taken Raid insecticide. I had to call the fiancée to inform her.
“I had to take him to the clinic where he is currently battling for his life. The babe is already on her way from Abuja.”