Man jumps into Lagos Lagoon

The Lagos State Police Command (Rapid Response Squad- Marine Police ) with the assistance of local divers on Friday, recovered corpse of a yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man who reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon in the early hours of the day.

An eye witness, who would not have his name in press disclosed that the deceased jumped into the lagoon after he had alighted from a commercial bus on the Third Mainland Bridge inwards Lagos Island.

He was reported to have told the driver that he wanted to wee on the Third Mainland Bridge.

RRS riders on patrol who got to the scene almost immediately after being alerted by witnesses, radioed for assistance from the Marine Police and LASEMA.

The recovered body of the victim has been taken to the Ebute Ero Police Station.

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