A man identified as Oluseyi Adekunle,
jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge on Friday
morning, prompting hours of search and rescue.
Saturday PUNCH learnt that as of 6pm, the search for the victim’s body had not yielded any result.
It was learnt that officials of the
Lekki Concession Company spotted the victim through their closed circuit
cameras as he removed his clothes and shoes before jumping.
Before the officials arrived the scene, the victim had jumped.
His identity was determined through the ATM card and other documents found inside his bag.
Our correspondent was told that the CCTV
footage appeared to show him undressing and looking around to see that
he was alone before plunging into the lagoon.
The Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency said it received a distress call from the LCC that the victim
jumped into the lagoon at about 10am.
LASEMA search and rescue team along with
officials of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Marine Police, Lagos
State Ambulance Services and men from the Maroko Police Division
mobilised to the scene, kick-starting hours of search.
A statement from LASEMA at about 6pm
said there had not been any sign of the body in the water hours after
recover operation started.
It appeared that LASEMA later got the
identity of the victim but the General Manager LASEMA, Mr. Adesina
Tiamiyu, said his family had been contacted.
He added that all items found on the bag
left behind were handed over to the Nigerian Police from Maroko
Division for further investigation.
He, however, assured that his officials and other responders would stay on the ground till the body was recovered.
But as of the time of filing this report, the body had not been found.
It would be recalled that a number of
suicides and attempted suicides in the Lagos lagoon were recorded early
in the year. One of the victims was a doctor, Allwell Orji, whose body
was recovered days after he jumped into the lagoon in March.
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