A yet-to-be-identified man reportedly accused of stealing jumped into the lagoon from the popular Idumota Bridge in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State on Saturday night.
A Facebook user, Ngozi Blessing, who shared the video in a post alleged that the man committed suicide over an alleged theft accusation, which he denied.
Blessing in a text accompanying the post, wrote, “He was saying in Oyinbo that they framed him that he stole a huge of money which he did not and they said they give him 24 hours to refund the money and he did not steal and for him to eat once in a day is a problem that where did he want to get that kind of money from within 24 hours so he is tired of life and he jumped down the bridge, it happened yesterday night at Idumota bridge in Lagos island. I am tired of this country the man just wasted his life”.
The man in one of the videos explained to onlookers that he decided to give up his life because he was frustrated after being accused of stealing money he cannot afford to pay back.
The man lamented that despite going to the Police station to prove his innocence, he was still asked to look for a way to repay the money.
The man was captured to have said, “Where I was living, they accused me of stealing, I told them I am not the one that stole it. I was arrested by the police and I was asked to say my side of the story. Despite that, they still threatened to kill me.”
All pleas by onlookers to discourage the man from committing suicide failed, as he dived into the river.
As of the time of filing this report, Punch Metro can not verify if rescuers were called to the scene during the incident, and neither can this publication confirm if the jumper’s body has been discovered.
