AFTER MENTIONING
BUHARI'S NAME SEVERAL TIMES,FRUSTRATED MAN JUMPS INTO THE RIVER
According to FB user that came across this tragic story on Daily Sun , the tragedy was averted yesterday in Lagos, when
a man jumped into the river on the Mile Two Bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local
Government Area.
The unidentified
man, according to eyewitnesses, stood on the bridge for some minutes, loudly
expressed bitterness over his sufferings and how things had gone bad for him
and his helplessness.
He was said to have
mentioned Buhari repeatedly, muttered some other words before he finally took
the terrible decision, Daily Sun reports.
However, the timely
intervention of a passing speedboat prevented the victim, who is in his 40s,
from drowning.
Passengers on the
speedboat dived into the river, dragged the man who was gasping for breath to
the riverbank, and continued their journey.
A witness, Mr. Andy
Odiaka, said the victim, who wore native clothes, was left on the floor for a
while, unconscious.
Odiaka told Daily
Sun that he called the state emergency number – 112, which facilitated the
arrival of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) in about 20 minutes.
The three-man
medical team, went ahead of the bus to resuscitate the victim. According to one
of the medics, the man had to be given first aid drip, explaining that he was
too weak to make it to the hospital.
Odiaka said:
“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,” he said.
Before the ambulance
came, it was gathered that sympathisers, including Mr Odiaka, contributed about
N1, 000, with the intention of taking the victim to the hospital.
Another witness, who
simply gave his name as Okpala, said he ran to the place and saw the man almost
dying, but did not know what to do to help him out of the situation. He said he
mobilised others at the scene to donate money to take the victim to a hospital.
“The man said he was
tired of life and he wanted to kill himself,” he said.
When the victim’s
pockets were searched for any means identity, only N90 was found on him.
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