The Lagos state command has identified a young man who reportedly jumped into the lagoon at Third Mainland Bridge in a suicide attempt as Princewill David.
According to reports, the 28-year-old, who is a resident of 42, Tajudeen Balogun Street, Igando, took the dive after his lover broke up with him.
And the incident occurred around midnight.
The police spokesman Bala Elkana who confirmed the incident said the victim was responding to treatment at the hospital, adding that he said heartbreak led him to attempt suicide.
The cab driver told officials of the RRS that he picked the passenger from Igando, a suburb of Lagos. He said,
“I carried him (the passenger) from Igando and he insisted I pass through the Third Mainland Bridge.
“On getting to the bridge, he asked me whether this was Third Mainland Bridge and I answered yes.
“He told me that he was pressed and that I should wait for him to ease himself. I was curious. At this time, he was forcing me to wait. I stylishly drove him to the point where the RRS men were standing inward Lagos.
“I told him I was no longer interested in the trip before I approached the police officers leaving him inside the car.”
An eyewitness, said,
“As soon as the cab driver approached the police informing them of what his passenger was telling him, he (the victim) got down from the Volkswagen Jetta car and jumped into the Lagoon but he landed on floating logs of wood.
“And before he jumped, one of the police officers who saw him approached the railings of the bridge and persuaded him not to jump.”
And the victim was rescued but sustained varying degrees of injury.
Information also gathered that the victim was rushed to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, where he was later referred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
They asked why he wanted to kill himself and he said
”It was because his girlfriend said she was no longer interested in him,”
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