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BREAKING: Another man jumps into Lagos lagoon

Barely 10 days after a man jumled from Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon, another man today followed the suite. The yet to be identified young man in the early hours Thursday,…

Barely 10 days after a man jumled from Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon, another man today followed the suite.

The yet to be identified young man in the early hours Thursday, in a failed suicide bid, allegedly, alighted from a UBER car and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon.

This happened barely 10 days after a man, in a similar incident, alighted from a call cab and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon.

The latest incident, the man was said to have jumped into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge around midnight. But, fortunately, he landed on floating logs of wood beneath the Third Mainland Bridge.

Director General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the report, said the victim had been taken to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.

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Published February 27, 2020
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