Eastern Province Police Commanding officer Limpo Liywalii has revealed that a 32 year old teacher who commited suicide over betting was using one of the most popular sports betting Companies – Betway.
Levy Bili committed suicide after succumbing to debts he was owing to his numerous creditors as a result of his involvement in betting activities with one of the most popular sports betting Company in Zambia.
According to Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer, Limpo Liywali, the deceased hanged himself using a piece of chitenge material (wrapper) from the roof of his house in his bedroom, resulting to his death.
The incident happened in Mtendere compound of Lundazi District of Eastern Province. The police officer explained that earlier before the deceased met his fate, he confided in his wife about his debt burden and intentions to end his life of which the wife counselled him and he promised her that he had changed his mind.
Liywali said in the turn of events, the wife received shocking news that her husband had hanged himself and passed away after she had left for the market while her husband was left home alone.
Recently a mental health expert and cognitive behavioral therapist Victoria Mupinde warned that the levels of uncontrolled betting in Zambia are worrying as betting is an addictive venture and a danger to people’s mental health.
Mupinde also noted that betting in Zambia has become a “get-rich-quick scheme,” for desperate low and middle-income earners and a major cause of acute stress and depression.
See link below for earlier ZBT article on the dangers of betting https://zambianbusinesstimes.com/betting-a-danger-to…/…#.
Despite warnings by experts on dancers of wanton betting, reports of a 32-year-old teacher of Lundazi, Eastern province identified as Levy Bili who committed suicide after succumbing to debts he owed to his numerous creditors as a result of his involvement in betting activities confirms the dangers of the vice.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Zambian Business Times – ZBT, Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer, Limpo Liywalii revealed that the betting company the deceased was using was betway.
“So the name of the betting company that was being used by the deceased teacher is Betway,’’ said Liywalii.
Meanwhile efforts to get a comment on this matter from Betway betting company proved futile by press time as their phones were unreachable.
