A news went viral yesterday on the internet about a young man diving off the third mainland bridge and eventually drowned in the Lagoon on Thursday by 9am.
The man who has been identified as Okechukwu Ezeigbo The Imo State indigene was said to be among several passengers in a commercial bus heading towards Obalende, on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State, when the incident happened, it was gathered that the victim suddenly asked the driver of the bus to stop and he hurriedly put off his shoes and took a dive into the Lagoon.
Some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority later arrived at the scene, were said to have soughted the help of fishermen in the area, who brought the victim out. But he was already dead, they handed over the body to the Adekunle Police Station.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu that the deceased family has been contacted and investigation had revealed that the victim had mental problem and had prior to his death been taken to a church located along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,for prayers before he escaped.
He added that “The relatives said they did not know how he left the place and joined a public transport. The corpse of the said Okechukwu has been deposited in a morgue”.
