A middle-aged
commercial motorcyclist named Marcel
Okorie, reportedly slumped and died at a lottery point popularly called 'Baba
Ijebu', after he realised that he had lost a huge sum of money which was said
have run into several thousands according to the source.
The incident which
happened somewhere around Akute, a suburb of Ogun State, according to
eyewitnesses, saw the shocked stakers running helter-skelter after Okorie rode
on his bike to the spot and on checking the board, realised he had lost his money
and was heard moaning to himself, lamenting that he had lost the money meant to
pay his house rent after he was given an ultimatum to pack out of his rented
apartment by his landlord.
A witness who did not
want his name in print painted the picture:
"It is very sad. I
knew the man very well. We used to do 'okada' work together from Ogba to Akute
and once in a while, we staked 'Baba Ijebu' at the same place.
On the fateful
incident, Marcel said he had a dream where his late father gave him some numbers
and he played with over N45,000 and would have won millions if they had played.
But unfortunately, the
numbers did not play and he slumped when he saw the result. We tried to revive
him and by the time we were able to take him to a nearby hospital, he was
already dead.
Source: IPulse
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