Doctor stops on Third Mainland bridge, jumps into lagoon [PHOTO]

Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said it received a distress call of a man who committed suicide on Third Mainland Bridge.

The agency said the individual parked his grey coloured Nissan SUV with registration number LND 476 EE at about 4.50 pm before Adekunle, inward 3rd Mainland bridge and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon.

LASEMA General Manager, Adesina Tiamiyu, said, “preliminary investigation at the scene revealed that the man said to be medical doctor named Orji, who was being driven, ordered the driver to pull over.”

“He dropped from the car and suddenly jumped into the water from the bridge.

“The vehicle and the driver have been taken to Adeniji Adele Police Station for further investigation, while effort is ongoing to recover his body from the Lagoon.”

Tiamiyu assured that proper investigation would be conducted on the incident by the appropriate authorities.

DailyPost