{"id":18397,"date":"2017-10-20T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18397"},"modified":"2017-10-20T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T21:30:25","slug":"suicide-man-jumps-lagos-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/suicide-man-jumps-lagos-lagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide: Again, Man Jumps Into Lagos Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management\u00a0 Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, has said the Agency received a\u00a0 distress call\u00a0 from the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) officials regarding a man who reportedly jumped into the lagoon around\u00a0 the Lekki Toll Gate bridge at about\u00a0 09:58 am on Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4005157781yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508521497181_5830\" dir=\"ltr\">The footage which was captured through the close circuit cameras revealed that the man suddenly pulled off his clothes and shoe and, realising that there was no one around him,\u00a0 jumped into the lagoon.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4005157781yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508521497181_5831\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Tiamiu, the Agency immediately activated its emergency response with other stakeholders which include the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Marine Police, Lagos State Ambulance Services and the Nigerian Police from Maroko Division.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4005157781yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508521497181_5832\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Although the body is still missing,\u00a0 effort is ongoing\u00a0 to recover the body by men of the\u00a0 Marine Police and the Lagos State Waterways Authority combing through the waters for over three hours on the possibilty to recover the body with no sign of the body in the water now,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4005157781yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508521497181_5833\" dir=\"ltr\">Tiamiyu said it would be inappropriate to release the identity of the man but that his family had been contacted, while all items found on him had also been handed over to the Nigerian Police from Maroko Division for further investigation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4005157781yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508521497181_5834\" dir=\"ltr\">He however assured that LASEMA officials and other responders were on ground as to how the body would be recovered.<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management\u00a0 Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, has said the Agency received a\u00a0 distress call\u00a0 from the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) officials regarding a man who reportedly jumped into the lagoon around\u00a0 the Lekki Toll Gate bridge at about\u00a0 09:58 am on Friday. 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