Mrs Samson, according to reports, had left her home in Makurdi, Benue
State, on 28 December, 2016 around 9 p.m leaving behind her two children both
five years of age. Gloria was said to have delivered a set of triplets about
five years ago, but one of them died leaving the two surviving children.
As she took her leave, she bid her children bye and apologized for any wrongdoing she might have committed against them and pleaded for forgiveness. The same message of forgiveness was reportedly sent through the children to her husband, a printer, who was still at work at that time, around Barracks Road, Makurdi.
As she took her leave, she bid her children bye and apologized for any wrongdoing she might have committed against them and pleaded for forgiveness. The same message of forgiveness was reportedly sent through the children to her husband, a printer, who was still at work at that time, around Barracks Road, Makurdi.
Few hours after she left her home without returning, her son, Wisdom,
called his father using his mother’s phone and informed him that his mother had
left home for hours and was yet to return. Unfortunately this was not to be as
Gloria, the 34-year-old mother of two was nowhere to be found after several
hours of search for her whereabouts. She had reportedly left home wearing a
flip-flop and without her phone.
As hours rolled into a full day, Samson walked to a nearby police
station, B Division and lodged a complaint of the sudden disappearance of his
wife.“From there, I was asked to make a statement and drop my phone number, but
alas, I did not hear from them again,” Samson added with a feeling of
frustration.
Unknown to Samson his wife had walked down to River Benue and drowned
herself while the body was discovered by police on 2 January, 2017. There were
diverse reasons adduced to the tragedy. There were allegations that the woman
decided to commit suicide due to the crash of the popular Mavrodi Mundial Money
box (MMM) having invested a N.4million loan she procured from various places in
town into the Ponzi scheme.
Some of those who spoke to Sunday Tribune under condition of anonymity
said that the woman was a very lively person until early December 2016, when
news of the crash in MMM went viral.
One of her friends at Wadata market who deals in foodstuffs and simply
identified herself as Madam Kate told Sunday Tribune that,
“this
woman came to my stall early December, she was so moody, unlike her usual way
of life. I asked what the problem was, and she told me that she had run into
deep problem. She added that she collected a sum of money and put it into ‘that
business that brings in quick money’ but learnt that the thing had collapsed.
“She even threatened to run away, but I encouraged her to pray as God would
intervene and she left. I did not hear from her until last Tuesday when the
news came that she drowned in River Benue and her body was recovered here
around Wadata.”
It was the same story at her home in Vandeikiya Street,
Makurdi. Those who spoke to Sunday Tribune said that the once jovial Gloria
suddenly became depressed, until news started filtering in that she had
invested money she took from a finance institution and put it into MMM.
A neighbour who pleaded anonymity and corroborated this said
that some staff of the local bank where she obtained the loan but were
oblivious of her death traced her to her residence. The purpose of the visit
was to notify her that she had defaulted in her loan payment, only to be
informed that the same person they came looking for had passed on.
Speaking to Sunday Tribune, the widower, Mr Samson David
said that there was a clue that his wife got involved in MMM. He admitted that
his wife who was a petty trader collected loans from four places, but did not
plough it into her trading. “My wife was into petty trading, and she had been
collecting this soft loans to boost her business. Anytime she collected, she
paid back and in most cases I was her guarantor.
“You know women at times keep
secrets. Towards November and December, 2016, I discovered she took a loan from
four places – over N400,000 – but I don’t know what she actually did with the
money because this time there was nothing in the shop to suggest that she
invested the money into her business and truly she took loans,” Samson said.
The widower explained further that he discovered that his
wife became depressed around early December when the news of the crash in MMM
filtered into town. “I asked her what the problem was, but she only told me
that she was sick and we went to hospital where she was diagnosed with typhoid
and malaria. She was placed on drugs and this was the situation till Christmas
Day.
Source:Nigerian Tribune