Another man jumps into Lagos lagoon from 3rd Mainland Bridge

Damilare Famuyiwa 15:45 - 27 February 2020

Man jumps inside Lagoon

The man's identity is yet-to-be-disclosed.

Barely two weeks after a 22-year-old man identified as Daibo Davies, plunged into the Lagos lagoon from the 3rd Mainland Bridge, another man has jumped into the lagoon, in what is believed to be yet another suicide attempt.

Recall that on Saturday, February 15, 2020, a 21-year-old jumped into the lagoon after alighting from the Uber car he boarded, on the pretext of having a stomach upset.

After begging the Uber driver to stop so he could relieve himself, Davies reportedly climbed the pavement of the bridge and jumped into the water.

Similar to Davies' suicide move, the man whose identity is yet-to-be-identified, alighted from an Uber and jumped into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, around midnight on Wednesday, February 26, 2020.

Last night RRS officers on 3MB helped rescue this man who attempted suicide by diving into the lagoon. He alighted from a call cab saying he wanted to urinate but jumped off the Bridge. Luckily he landed on the log of wood in the lagoon before being rescued to the hospital. 👇 pic.twitter.com/KYdsjGRB4J
— Lagos State Police Command II (@rrslagos767) February 27, 2020

According to Lagos Police Command, the man was lucky enough to have landed on the log of wood in the lagoon before being rescued to Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), where he's receiving treatment.