According to
Sunnewsonline, an unidentified man pictured above on the stretcher, tried to commit
suicide at the Mile 2 river in Amuwo Odofin area in Lagos state
yesterday. A Witness (And Odiaka) who narrated the incident to Daily Sun
said that the victim, before trying to take his own life, said he was
tired of life because he has been suffering and cannot even feed.
"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.
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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