Crime/Justice
Police Foil Sexagenarian’s Suicide Attempt In Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos have prevented a sexagenarian (name withheld), from attempting to jump into the Lagos Lagoon from the third Mainland Bridge.
The spokesman for the Police Command in Lagos State, SP. Benjamin Hundyin confirmed the incident to the newsmen yesterday.
Hundyin said the operatives have taken the 67-year-old man to the Adekunle police station, Yaba for statement and interrogation.
He said that the operatives, who were on patrol on the 3rd Mainland Bridge on Tuesday, sighted the man attempting to jump into the Lagoon.
our source reports that the man, who claimed to come from Oju-Ore, in Ogun, was attempting to jump into the Lagos Lagoon, when the police officers stopped him.
The source said that the sexagenarian claimed that personal challenges had forced him to sell his house, land and cars, but not withstanding, he was still plagued by hardship, which had led to the decision to commit suicide.