By Amina Johnson
A man whose identity was yet to be ascertained, yesterday, jumped into the Lagos lagoon, at the Lekki-Ikoyi axis of the bridge.
The incident happened in the afternoon.
As at yesterday evening, emergency rescuers were at the scene making frantic efforts to recover the man from the lagoon.
The Lagos State Public Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident said: “The incident happened truly. Marine police and the Lagos State emergency officials are at the scene of the incident. Efforts are still on to bring out his body dead or alive.”
The Head, Public Education of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Amodu Shakiru, also confirmed the incident.
Shakiru said: “We got a distress call at about 2:43pm and we moved down to the location. There is no update yet.”
