Photo: Frustrated man tries to commit suicide at Mile 2 River
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.
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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