A Nigerian man has gone online to seek help in paying his mother’s hospital bill after losing money to sports betting.
The appeal was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @thomsincruz23, who revealed that he needed ₦35,000 to settle his mother’s hospital bill but had just lost ₦45,000 to gambling.
In his post, he pleaded for urgent support to save his mother’s life, expressing fear that she could die if the bill was not paid.
He wrote: “I don’t know what to do now. I just lost 45k to gambling today. Now I can’t even pay 35k for my mom’s hospital bills. I can’t even go to the hospital right now and my mom is dying. Somebody please help me, I don’t want to lose my mom.”
The post quickly attracted attention online, with concerned individuals flooding the comments section to share their thoughts, ranging from sympathy to criticism of his gambling habit.
See some reactions below:
@thesaddest1ne: “Gamblers will do anything to get help and chase another loss…God will heal your addiction.”
@DanielStones0: “From the way the transactions take go na aviator you use am okay.”
@mikelpaps: “How do you people feel after stupidly burning money to that betting app. Especially Aviator & Sporty hero and then come here afterwards to solicit for help. Who should help you? Your fellow gamblers.*
@OladimejiH51769: “I just loss 100k usin another person account to play I already excluded mine.”
@mode4r: “Those times lines meant you were losing and still going back to catch what I don’t know. But in the mean time, your help won’t come from twitter.”
@Only3Os: “U wey ur life don spoil, upon all the awareness going on here, e no go better for anybody wey help or try to pity u.”
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