The unidentified man pictured above on the
stretcher, tried to commit suicide at the Mile
2 river in Amuwo Odofin area in Lagos state
yesterday. The Sun reports that eyewitnesses
claim that the man who appears to be in his
40s, had muttered some words in Ibo and
then plunged into the river.
The timely intervention of a passing
speedboat prevented him from drowning after
passengers on the speedboat dived into the
river and dragged the man to the riverbank.
One of the eyewitnesses who gave his name
as Andy Odiaka, said the victim, who wore
native clothes was speaking to himself just
before he plunged into the river
“I was there on the bridge where the
man was also standing. He was
speaking to himself. He said he had
no transport fare to move from one
place to another. He said his suffering
was too much that he could hardly
feed. I also heard him saying life was
meaningless to him. He mentioned
Buhari many times, and the next thing
I saw, the man jumped from the
bridge into the water. He is an Igbo
man because he was speaking the
language. I thought he was joking
when he said he was tired of
everything around him. If not for a
speedboat that was passing, he would
have died. The boat stopped and the
passengers dragged him to the
riverbank and they continued their
journey. Thereafter, nobody was ready
to assist him. People simply looked at
him, expressed sympathy and
continued their journey. I have to call
an emergency number” he said.
Odiaka said men of the Lagos State
Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) later came
in to rescue the man. When the victim’s
pockets were searched for any means
identity, only N90 was found on him.
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