Makurdi, the Benue State capital, was thrown
into mourning last Friday after the discovery
of a lifeless body of a mother of two said to
have drowned herself due to her inability to
repay the loan of N400,000 she invested in
MMM, writes JOHN CHARLES
Husband of 34-year-old mother of two, Gloria
Samson, whose lifeless body was discovered
floating on River Benue by the police in Benue
State, has said he didn’t have any inkling that
his wife planned to kill herself.
Speaking in an emotion-laden voice, David
Samson told SUNDAY PUNCH that he was
aware that his wife was a victim of the
money-doubling scheme; Mavrodi Mundial
Moneybox otherwise called MMM.
The deceased began the journey to her final
resting place at a public cemetery located in
Ankpa ward, Makurdi, the state capital, last
Friday.
As her corpse, wrapped in a casket, arrived in
the cemetery, crowd of mourners wore gloomy
faces, women wept profusely and men in teary
eyes shook their heads intermittently.
The circumstance surrounding the death of the
woman fuelled the agony of the sympathisers
who knew the deceased. She lived with her
family at Vandeikya Street, Makurdi. Sources
told SUNDAY PUNCH that the woman left
home without her phone three days after
Christmas and reportedly told her kids to
forgive her. She also sent same message to
her husband through her children.
It was learnt that few days after she left her
home, precisely January 2, the police in Benue
discovered a lifeless body floating on River
Benue at Wadata area, few kilometers to her
residence.
Rescue operations got the floating corpse and
deposited the remains at the Federal Medical
Centre, Makurdi. Meanwhile, Gloria’s family
had searched for her for three weeks until they
heard about the corpse the police discovered
on River Benue which later turned out to be
her.
Samson disclosed that he was aware that his
wife took a loan of N400,000 from four
different places which she did not invest in her
petty business.
He said, ‘‘My wife was into petty trading and
she had been collecting soft loan from a micro
finance bank to boost her business. Anytime
she collected the money, she paid back and in
most cases, I was her guarantor.
“You know women sometimes keep secret;
towards November and December 2016, I
discovered she took a loan from four places
amounting to N400,000. I do not know what
she used the money for because there was
nothing in the shop to suggest that she
invested the money in her business.
“She did not tell me but what I observed is
that my wife developed a cold attitude around
the time the report of the freezing of accounts
of MMM subscribers in Nigeria went viral. Her
attitude changed and she became depressed.”
He stated that the situation lasted till the
Christmas period and when he asked her what
the problem was, she told him that she was
sick and he told her to see a doctor.
“She obliged and was diagnosed of typhoid
and malaria and placed on medication. Even
on Christmas Day, she could not go to church.
A day after Christmas, she complained of pile
and I had to buy traditional medicine which
she declined to take.
On December 28, 2016 around 11pm, I was at
my place of work when my son, Wisdom called
me using his mother’s phone number telling
me that his mother had left the house since
and had yet to return. I told him I was close
by and on getting home, I did not see her. I
discovered that she left the house with a gown
and bathroom slippers.
“I tried to look for her and could not find her. I
picked my phone and contacted my siblings
and brother-in-law. The following morning, I
went to B Police Division to complain but I
was told to wait after 24 hours, which I did.
On the second day, I was asked to make a
statement and leave behind my phone
number.’’
The distraught husband further said he did not
hear from the police for two weeks and he had
to keep searching and informing people in case
anyone of them saw his wife.
“ Some members of my church including my
pastor were aware and kept on interceding for
us . This continued until last Tuesday when a
woman came to my house and told one of my
neighbours that a police woman told her that
they discovered the body of a woman floating
on River Benue around Wadata area since
January 2.
“ Immediately I heard this , I was perplexed
because something in me told me it might be
my wife . I told my neighbour to join me to go
to A Division at Wadata. When we got there ,
the police showed me the picture of the dead
woman and I discovered that she was my wife
. ’’
He told our correspondent that he was still
confused as to what could make his wife to kill
herself . He stated, “ My wife loved herself and
she could not even allow a razor to touch her
body not to talk of going to this length . That
is why I said it is more of spiritual attack , but
only God knows.
“ At the same time , when you look at the
whole scenario , there is a conclusion that the
money she collected was not invested in her
business . ’’
Neighbours of the deceased who spoke to our
correspondent on condition of anonymity said
she became moody shortly after the operators
of the MMM froze three million accounts
belonging to its Nigerian subscribers early
December.
One of them said , “ What we gathered is that
she borrowed money from four different places
and invested it in MMM . But shortly after
MMM froze the accounts of its Nigerian
subscribers, she withdrew from people. ”
Another neighbour stated, “ The woman was a
jovial person but suddenly she withdrew to
herself . I even tried to find out what was
wrong with her because she was my customer
but she did not tell me.
She had a shop where she sold petty things. I
later gathered that she took a loan from
various places but instead of using it for her
business, she invested it in MMM and since its
collapse, she had refused to talk to anybody.”
One of the late woman ’ s customers at
Wadata market, Makurdi, identified only as
Bridget said , “ We met before Christmas and
she lamented that she invested the loan she
took from a micro finance bank and other
sources in an investment that would bring
quick and double money ( referring to MMM)
but the thing collapsed.
She threatened that she would run away and I
even preached to her not to do so. Since then ,
I did not see her again only to hear last
Tuesday that she drowned herself in River
Benue around Wadata. ”
When contacted , spokesman for the police in
the state, Moses Yamu , confirmed the
incident.
“ The husband of the deceased had come to
claim the corpse, ” he said.
Makurdi, the Benue State capital, was thrown
into mourning last Friday after the discovery
of a lifeless body of a mother of two said to
have drowned herself due to her inability to
repay the loan of N400,000 she invested in
MMM, writes JOHN CHARLES
Husband of 34-year-old mother of two, Gloria
Samson, whose lifeless body was discovered
floating on River Benue by the police in Benue
State, has said he didn’t have any inkling that
his wife planned to kill herself.
Speaking in an emotion-laden voice, David
Samson told SUNDAY PUNCH that he was
aware that his wife was a victim of the
money-doubling scheme; Mavrodi Mundial
Moneybox otherwise called MMM.
The deceased began the journey to her final
resting place at a public cemetery located in
Ankpa ward, Makurdi, the state capital, last
Friday.
As her corpse, wrapped in a casket, arrived in
the cemetery, crowd of mourners wore gloomy
faces, women wept profusely and men in teary
eyes shook their heads intermittently.
The circumstance surrounding the death of the
woman fuelled the agony of the sympathisers
who knew the deceased. She lived with her
family at Vandeikya Street, Makurdi. Sources
told SUNDAY PUNCH that the woman left
home without her phone three days after
Christmas and reportedly told her kids to
forgive her. She also sent same message to
her husband through her children.
It was learnt that few days after she left her
home, precisely January 2, the police in Benue
discovered a lifeless body floating on River
Benue at Wadata area, few kilometers to her
residence.
Rescue operations got the floating corpse and
deposited the remains at the Federal Medical
Centre, Makurdi. Meanwhile, Gloria’s family
had searched for her for three weeks until they
heard about the corpse the police discovered
on River Benue which later turned out to be
her.
Samson disclosed that he was aware that his
wife took a loan of N400,000 from four
different places which she did not invest in her
petty business.
He said, ‘‘My wife was into petty trading and
she had been collecting soft loan from a micro
finance bank to boost her business. Anytime
she collected the money, she paid back and in
most cases, I was her guarantor.
“You know women sometimes keep secret;
towards November and December 2016, I
discovered she took a loan from four places
amounting to N400,000. I do not know what
she used the money for because there was
nothing in the shop to suggest that she
invested the money in her business.
“She did not tell me but what I observed is
that my wife developed a cold attitude around
the time the report of the freezing of accounts
of MMM subscribers in Nigeria went viral. Her
attitude changed and she became depressed.”
He stated that the situation lasted till the
Christmas period and when he asked her what
the problem was, she told him that she was
sick and he told her to see a doctor.
“She obliged and was diagnosed of typhoid
and malaria and placed on medication. Even
on Christmas Day, she could not go to church.
A day after Christmas, she complained of pile
and I had to buy traditional medicine which
she declined to take.
On December 28, 2016 around 11pm, I was at
my place of work when my son, Wisdom called
me using his mother’s phone number telling
me that his mother had left the house since
and had yet to return. I told him I was close
by and on getting home, I did not see her. I
discovered that she left the house with a gown
and bathroom slippers.
“I tried to look for her and could not find her. I
picked my phone and contacted my siblings
and brother-in-law. The following morning, I
went to B Police Division to complain but I
was told to wait after 24 hours, which I did.
On the second day, I was asked to make a
statement and leave behind my phone
number.’’
The distraught husband further said he did not
hear from the police for two weeks and he had
to keep searching and informing people in case
anyone of them saw his wife.
“ Some members of my church including my
pastor were aware and kept on interceding for
us . This continued until last Tuesday when a
woman came to my house and told one of my
neighbours that a police woman told her that
they discovered the body of a woman floating
on River Benue around Wadata area since
January 2.
“ Immediately I heard this , I was perplexed
because something in me told me it might be
my wife . I told my neighbour to join me to go
to A Division at Wadata. When we got there ,
the police showed me the picture of the dead
woman and I discovered that she was my wife
. ’’
He told our correspondent that he was still
confused as to what could make his wife to kill
herself . He stated, “ My wife loved herself and
she could not even allow a razor to touch her
body not to talk of going to this length . That
is why I said it is more of spiritual attack , but
only God knows.
“ At the same time , when you look at the
whole scenario , there is a conclusion that the
money she collected was not invested in her
business . ’’
Neighbours of the deceased who spoke to our
correspondent on condition of anonymity said
she became moody shortly after the operators
of the MMM froze three million accounts
belonging to its Nigerian subscribers early
December.
One of them said , “ What we gathered is that
she borrowed money from four different places
and invested it in MMM . But shortly after
MMM froze the accounts of its Nigerian
subscribers, she withdrew from people. ”
Another neighbour stated, “ The woman was a
jovial person but suddenly she withdrew to
herself . I even tried to find out what was
wrong with her because she was my customer
but she did not tell me.
She had a shop where she sold petty things. I
later gathered that she took a loan from
various places but instead of using it for her
business, she invested it in MMM and since its
collapse, she had refused to talk to anybody.”
One of the late woman ’ s customers at
Wadata market, Makurdi, identified only as
Bridget said , “ We met before Christmas and
she lamented that she invested the loan she
took from a micro finance bank and other
sources in an investment that would bring
quick and double money ( referring to MMM)
but the thing collapsed.
She threatened that she would run away and I
even preached to her not to do so. Since then ,
I did not see her again only to hear last
Tuesday that she drowned herself in River
Benue around Wadata. ”
When contacted , spokesman for the police in
the state, Moses Yamu , confirmed the
incident.
“ The husband of the deceased had come to
claim the corpse, ” he said.
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