A lottery shop operator, identified simply as Baba Pool , on Thursday committed suicide over his alleged failure to pay some of his customers their winnings .
It was gathered that the deceased hanged himself inside his shop in Kayode Market , Abule Ijesha , in the Sabo area of Lagos State .
PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased , in a suicide note , blamed two people for his death .
He wrote , “ For your information, Bourney and Osuma. Two of them kill me. A killer must surely die. ”
Our correspondent learnt that the deceased pasted the note at three strategic places in the market before he took his own life.
According to the Iyaloja of the market , Aderemi Thomas , the accused persons played lottery in the deceased ’ s shop , but after winning , they could not get their money .
She said , “ I was called around 8 am to come to the market because Baba Pool had committed suicide . I called the owner of the shop to join me in the market , but he said he was far away .
“ When I got to the market , I was told what happened and not long after , the police came to interrogate us and we took them to the scene .
“ I learnt that Bonny and Osuma came to play lottery in his shop, but he did not submit their tickets to the lottery office . So, when those people realised that they had won , they asked for their money . Instead of explaining to them that he did not submit their tickets , he committed suicide.
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