A young identified as Adakole, an intending groom who drank
insecticide over the "crash" of ponzi scheme, MMM, has opened up on his
ordeal.
It will be recalled that reports went wild recently that Adakole, a
native of Ai Okpe in Okpokwu LGA of Benue State whose wedding is slated
for December 28 had invested N300 thousand into the scheme last month
and was expecting to get his 30 per cent income before his wedding.
Kole, as he is fondly called, attempted to take his life in Otukpo,
Benue State by drinking insecticide, last Tuesday following the news
that the ponzi scheme had crashed.
Speaking on his ordeal on a radio programme, Weathering the Storm
with Naomi De Diva on 92.1 Vision FM Abuja and monitored by Daily Post
on Tuesday, the young man said contrary to the report, he invested
N750,000 in the scheme against the N350,000 that was widely reported.
Adakole, who opened up on his predicament during the phone-in
programme admitted that he had earlier made profits from the scheme.
He said amid sobs, “I came to Abuja here few months back in
preparation for my wedding and my friend introduced me to the MMM thing.
He told me about the benefit involved, though I was a bit hesitant
about it but he succeeded in convincing me to register under him.
“To be honest, I initially invested 20k into the scheme and I
got 30 per cent the following month. The following month, I rendered
help of N50k and I still got 30 per cent commission and my full
investment back.
“This time, I believed it was real and I decided to increase
the money. Before then, my fiancée had warned me against it. So I went
to my cooperative to obtain a loan and they gladly gave thinking it was
for my wedding. I put in N750k last month, hopping than it would yield
30 per cent income this month only to wake up one morning to discover
that my account has been suspended.
“To be sincere, the best option I had then was to take my life,
because I had thought of how I am going to face my woman. I didn’t even
know when I took the insecticide. It was my guy, Fred who rescued me.
My wedding is around the corner, I have been saving the money ahead of
the wedding only to end up that way.
“As we speak, I have not set my eyes on my woman. I put off my
phone since then because the shame is much. My wedding is 8 days from
now and I am confused. I just returned from the hospital. I don’t know
what to do.”
Meanwhile, many callers, who phoned in during the programme scolded
the young man for attempting to take his life because of money.
Others advised him to get loan from bank for the wedding, while
some asked him to put his wedding on hold till January when the scheme
might have returned.
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