A counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, has disclosed that a young man named Stephen Chidubem has allegedly took his own life at his residence on Abba Street, behind the Anglican Church in Saburi 2, Abuja, reports thegazellenews.com.
Makama, who confirmed the sad development in a post on his X handle on Thursday, 31 July, 2025, also disclosed that Chidubem hung himself using a rope tied to a ceiling fan.
He added that emergency responders arrived at the scene and evacuated the body to Kubwa General Hospital.
According to him, Chidubem was confirmed dead by a medical doctor, and the corpse was subsequently deposited at the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy.
Makama said a suicide note recovered at the scene pointed to gambling addiction as the cause of the tragic act.
In the note, Chidubem apologized to those he owed and to those he believed were affected by his financial troubles.
The note read in part: “Sorry to everyone who cared, I can’t continue putting people in trouble because of my gambling addiction. Please forgive me Elvis, Paul, and all I’m owing. And you, Bishop Andy Ero, give the balance of ₦507,500 to Elvis or Paul.”
It was gathered that the deceased had been struggling with a severe gambling addiction that plunged him into debt and emotional distress.
