Man loses mother’s ₦500k to virtual bet, pleads for help in viral video

Man loses mother’s ₦500k to virtual bet, pleads for help in viral video

A Nigerian man broke down in tears on social media, sharing a video of himself crying and pleading for help after losing his mother‘s ₦500k in a virtual betting game.

The video, posted on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), shows the distraught man begging for assistance, explaining that he had used his mother’s money to gamble.

Man loses mother’s ₦500k to virtual bet.

In one of the videos, he tearfully says, “Everyone help me, I’m going to die. Please help me. I lost ₦500k to virtual betting. This is my mother’s money, not mine. Please, I’m going to die.”

He also shared a second video displaying the receipt of the ₦500,000 withdrawal from the account, with the funds being taken by the gaming company.

The emotional video quickly gained attention, with concerned individuals flooding the comments section to offer their thoughts and reactions.

See some reactions below:

@unitedarena4k: “You did it last year and you no learn from there.”

@vickysam980: “He be like say na the new update we go dey use like this.”

@trvpstta: “if you win money you for come online come share am??? enjoy ur problems in peace. no disturb anybody.”

@kinglabi_: “Chai this is bad o! But how did you do it ? You could have stop when you got to 10k nau !! Chai this is really really bad what do you want to do now bro ?”

@honiseymoh: “Don’t worry, they’re helping you save the money. It’s better for it to be with sporty than inside Zenith wey you go fit Access.”

@Onuorah_Fc: “You did it last year, did it this year again.Do it next year oooo.Me wey dey stake 10 naira 10 naira for sportybet abi itiboribo abi?”

@devdhee_: “Did it last year. Didn’t learn from that experience. Still repeated again, your work rate is greater than that of Kante.”